Black cup with wing handles

5th–3rd century BCE

The two elaborate openwork handles on this beaker resemble certain jade ornaments with dragon motifs, so this tomb vessel might have been an economical substitute for jade.

Earthenware

5 7/8 in. (14.92 cm)

Diam.: 4 7/8 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

53.71

Photo: iocolor, LLP

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Timeless Grandeur: Art from China"
April 25, 2002 - June 12, 2005

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 6

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published References"Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 6

So, Jenny F. Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge: Harvard Art Museums, 2018, p. 174, reproduced fig. 1.

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