-
Stemcup
Unknown - Enlarge image
Stemcup
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
1550-1600 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
- Credit Line:
Given by Mr Louis Cahen
- Museum number:
C.46-1957
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Stemcup of porcelain. The bowl has rounded sides spreading to turned-out lip; the stem is an almost straight hollow cylinder, spread slightly at the foot. The foot-rim is unglazed, with adherent grit. Painted inside the bowl in bright blue is a medallion with a scholar seated under a rock with overhanging trees; a lozenge border encircles the lip. Round the outside above a 'lotus-panel' border is a scene in which scholars appear viewing paintings, discussing texts, playing chess and waiting for a concert. There is a 'stiff leaf' pendant frieze on the stem.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
1550-1600 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Dimensions
Height: 11.1 cm, Diameter: 14.9 cm
Descriptive line
Stemcup, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, 1550-1600
Materials
Porcelain; Cobalt oxide
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Foliation (pattern); Lozenges; Scholars
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
