VesselsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

Small Cup with Quatrefoil Design

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Silver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on outer rim and base

Culture

Chinese

Period

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

Century

5th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

2.8 x 9.3 x 7.5 cm (1 1/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[Yamanaka & Co., New York, by 1930] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1930-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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