Archaic-style cup with ring handle
The abstract bodies of the two intertwined birds on the surface of this cup can be traced to the Bronze Age. The shape of the cup is based on similar jade cups of the Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), and so are the multiple raised dots in the background, which derive ultimately from the simulated granulation on the surface of metalwork of the late Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.).
Artwork Details
- 明末清初 玉雕卮杯
- Title: Archaic-style cup with ring handle
- Period: Ming (1368–1644)–Qing (1644–1911) dynasty
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
- Classification: Jade
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.5.13
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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