Lung-Shan / Stem Cup / 2500 B.C.

Lung-Shan
Stem Cup
2500 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
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Creator Name: Lung-Shan
Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: Lung-Shan
Title: Stem Cup
View: front
Creation Start Date: -250
Creation End Date: -200
Creation Date: 2500 B.C. - 2000 B.C.
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: pottery
Materials and Techniques: burnished earthenware
Dimensions: H.9-1/2 x Dia.4-9/16 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 94.63
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

The Lung-shan culture (3000-2000 b.c.) of north and northeast China is best known artistically for its thin, hard, black-burnished pottery. Formed on a fast turning potters wheel, this fine black ware is extremely rare. Ceremonial in purpose, the best of it is eggshell thin and highly burnished like the libation cups shown here. Common Lung-shan pottery included coarser black, grey and red wares. The thinness, angular profile and sophisticated shape of these early vessels suggest possible influence from the emerging bronze industry.

AMICA ID: MIA_.94.63
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: ? The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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