Large Cup
CultureChinese
DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
MediumBlack and red lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (8.26 × 19.05 × 24.77 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number48-36/3
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistorySueji Umehara, Jih Pen Kung I, no. 8, “Ancient Chinese Lacquer” (1956):pl. 8.
Von Eleanor v. Erdberg Consten, Das Alte China, (1958):pl.72.
William Y. Willetts, Foundations of Chinese Art (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965): pl.108.
F. P. Musso;
Purchased from F. P. Musso by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1948.
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