The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cup with Figures in a Landscape

Art Object

Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Cup with Figures in a Landscape

Period:: Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date:: 9th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Silver with chased and repoussé decoration and gilding
Dimensions:: H.2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. of foot 3 in. (7.6 cm); H. of foot 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number:: 21.46

This artwork is not on display

Description

The lush decoration that fills the interior of this cup includes two vignettes showing figures in sketchy landscapes, elegant floral scrolls, and birds flying against a geometric background.
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Metal (59,364)

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When
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China, 500–1000 A.D.

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