Wine Cup

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
The artwork is a ceramic wine cup with a lobed shape and a small, looped handle. The exterior has a design with panels separated by vertical yellow lines, each containing a green fish amidst swirling water motifs, set against a pale pink background with small white dots. The interior is glazed in a warm yellow tone, matching the handle and accent lines. The cup's color palette includes yellows, greens, pinks, and whites.

Media Options

Skip thumbnail navigation Back to thumbnail navigation
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte and famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (without handle): 3.2 x 5.2 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.570

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York, by 1904. (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1904

  • Morgan 1904-1911, 1:104 (nos. 653, 656, 657), 108 (nos. 710, 712, 713), 109 (nos. 718, 721), 110 (nos. 727, 728, 729), 111 (no. 730) [references to 1942.9.569-580].

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 157-159, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758460