id:			156147
accession number:	1991.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.7
updated:		2025-12-28 21:29:50.639000

Winged Cup (Erbei), c. 206–100 BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Lacquer; overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1991.7

title:				Winged Cup (Erbei)
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creation date:			c. 206–100 BCE
creation date earliest:		-206
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
technique:	lacquer
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed:  Taiguan
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(James J. Freeman, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1991
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1991–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270–347.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 301, cat. no. 19; Mentioned: pp. 300–302, 346, cat. no. 19
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Chen, Yi. "Drinking Like a Chinese, or Not? New Drinking Vessels and Practices in China's Middle Period." In <em>A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China, e</em>dited by Nicole T. C. Chiang, 59-86. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2025.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 76; Reproduced: p. 72, fig. 3.14
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