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Bronze cup with a green patina on the exterior, and green and intense blue on the interior. Oval shaped with bulbous sides, slightly everted rim and loop handle with a bovine head on the upper part of its exterior. A short distance above the base, there is a horizontal seam simulating stiched leather, and on the side opposite to the handle, a vertical seam.
Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection', inscribed in blue black ink 'A.7'. Circular inscribed in green '158'; rectangular printed in black 'Malcolm' and inscribed 'A.7'.
Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)
Height: 7 cm
Width: 10 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1992) by Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)
Zhou Dynasty
-1050
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-0771
Accession number: ML.2-1992
Primary reference Number: 206798
A.7
158
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Applied Arts
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