Wine Cup

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

This sculpture is a decorative cup. The cup has a uniquely shaped form, with a scalloped rim and a yellow handle crafted in a flowing shape. The exterior is speckled mint green and decorated with various intricate patterns, including yellow flowers and stylized characters or symbols in tan and dark green. The interior is coated with a soft yellow glaze, while the rim is white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte and famille jaune enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (without handle): 2.8 x 5.1 cm (1 1/8 x 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.580

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.

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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

Q62758513

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