Lot Essay
Compare the similar cup excavated from Guangdong province, Gongyi Meishu, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Quanji, Taoci, vol. 1, Shanghai, 1991, no. 75, p. 60
EARLY POTTERY WARES AND FIGURES
AN UNUSUAL IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY CUP
Details
AN UNUSUAL IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY CUP
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Raised on a rounded base with concave center, the slightly flared sides impressed with a mesh pattern ending just below the sharp, projecting edge of the stepped shoulder, set to one side with a strap handle molded with ribs and terminating in a scrolled capitol at the thin edge of the grooved, everted rim, with earth encrustation of reddish tone, small restored chip--5½in. (14cm.) across handle
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Raised on a rounded base with concave center, the slightly flared sides impressed with a mesh pattern ending just below the sharp, projecting edge of the stepped shoulder, set to one side with a strap handle molded with ribs and terminating in a scrolled capitol at the thin edge of the grooved, everted rim, with earth encrustation of reddish tone, small restored chip--5½in. (14cm.) across handle
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 16