Cup
| Object Number: | 61-18-1A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Late Shang Dynasty (uncertain) Western Zhou (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | ca. 1000 Bca. |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Technique: | Cast |
| Inscription Language: | Chinese Language |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Albert P. Knight, 1961 |
Description
Bronze cup. Oval in section with a high foot. The body is widest just above foot and recurved to an outturned rim. There is a Chinese character in the bottom interior. There are pseudomorphs after silk in certain areas of the cup: the neck, the lower sections, and the shoulders. A fabric pattern is not identifiable but paired fiber yarn shapes are evident.
The inscription is fully legible in x-ray but indecipherable to the naked eye:
戈 Halberd [lineage emblem]
父乙 Father Day 2 [posthumous day name of dedicatee]
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