| 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 BCE |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Inscription Language | Chinese Language |
| 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] |
| Credit Line | Gift of Albert P. Knight, 1961 |
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