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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Winged Cup (Erbei)

c. 206–100 BCE

China, Western Han dynasty

(206 BCE–8 CE)
lacquer
Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.7
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1991
    (James J. Freeman, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270–347. Reproduced: p. 301, cat. no. 19; Mentioned: pp. 300–302, 346, cat. no. 19 www.jstor.org
    Chen, Yi. "Drinking Like a Chinese, or Not? New Drinking Vessels and Practices in China's Middle Period." In A Movable Feast: The Culture of Food and Drink in China, edited by Nicole T. C. Chiang, 59-86. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum, 2025. Mentioned: p. 76; Reproduced: p. 72, fig. 3.14
  • Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
  • {{cite web|title=Winged Cup (Erbei)|url=false|author=|year=c. 206–100 BCE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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