Cup
| Object Number: | 7301 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Ming Dynasty (uncertain) Qing Dynasty (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | Ming Dynasty - 1890 |
| Early Date: | 1368 |
| Late Date: | 1890 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Rhinoceros Horn |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Trees Rocks Human Figures |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq.,1890 |
| Other Number: | LE297 - Other Number |
Description
Carved cup. Rhinoceros horn. Small oval base, widely blaring to wide oval top rim; broken and repaired. Large deeply carved trees against rocks, two human figures, one seated near base.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Loan Exhibition - Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies, and Charms and Implements For Divination (16 Apr 1892) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 166 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 20 Jan 1932. What in the World Television Program.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 166 Second row, third from left | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Culin, Robert S. 1892. Loan Exhibition: Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies and Charms and Implements for Divination.. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.86, no. 297 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Abbott, Charles C. 1890. Annual report of the Curator of the Museum of American Archaeology in connection with the University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 46 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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