The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Tea Bowl with Crescent Moon, Clouds, and Blossoming Plum

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Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich

This slideshow details how the contemporary Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich creates organic open-weave sculptures that are inspired by human anatomy, plant life, and the history and culture of Cambodia.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Cambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich, on view February 23 through June 16, 2013.

The exhibition and related programs are made possible by Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky.

The exhibition and programs are presented as part of the New York–wide Season of Cambodia.

Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
(00:28:04) 63 views

Tea Bowl with Crescent Moon, Clouds, and Blossoming Plum

Period:: Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty
Date:: 13th–14th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Stoneware with painted decoration of brown glaze (Jizhou ware)
Dimensions:: Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1924
Accession Number:: 24.100.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 205

Description

A common theme in the decorative arts, this imagery may have been inspired by contemporaneous poems invoking the beauty of blossoming flowers in the subtle light of a crescent moon.
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