Cup with horses
Cups like this one reflect the seventeenth-century Japanese taste for Chinese porcelain. They also reflect a change in Japanese tea culture brought about by Ōbaku monks from China, who arrived with a new form of tea that was popular on the continent. Unlike traditional powdered tea, whisked in deep bowls, the new tea (called sencha in Japan) was brewed by steeping whole, unfermented leaves in pots and served in small cups. In size, form, and aesthetic, this cup would have been perfectly suited to Japanese sencha practice.
Artwork Details
- 明 景德鎮窯青花走馬杯
- Title: Cup with horses
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: early 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
- Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
- Object Number: 23.251.9
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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17th century
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17th century
Central Tibet
ca. 1700
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late 17th century
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