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Cup with handles, raised linked curls, and birds
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Cup with handles, raised linked curls, and birds

475-221 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Cup in the form of an oval bowl with two flange-like handles at rim; very narrow foot. Some translucence, pale green and brown; profuse opaque cream; decomposition, especially in interior. Decoration in low relief and incised: exterior had broad band of interlocked spirals between narrow geometric borders, birds on base; interior has simple spiral designs and border. Handles pierced and incised in spiral forms. Some earth incrustation.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineCup with handles, raised linked curls, and birds. 475-221 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.

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