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Stem cup Ming
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue | 4.9 x 4.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 8909
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A Chinese porcelain stem cup with rounded, spreading sides, pedestal foot and unglazed, concave base. Painted round the outside in blue outline and wash are branches of pine, prunus and bamboo (Three Friends of Winter), with a double blue ring round the foot.
Similar stem cups with other designs have been recovered from the so-called ‘Hatcher Cargo’ in the South China Sea, datable to around 1643.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Measurements
4.9 x 4.7 cm (whole object)
