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Wine Cup

960–1279

China, Song dynasty

(960-1279)

Glazed dark brown stoneware, Guan ware

Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.71

Location

not on view

Description

Wine was often served hot in porcelain cups that could also be used in popular drinking games.

Provenance

Men-Chu Wang, probably Palace Collection, Beijing, China. Seller's no. 34

?–1957

(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1957–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Beurdeley, Michel. The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries, from the Han to the 20th Century. Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1966. Mentioned: No. 37, p. 226

Kleinhenz, Henry J. "Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150h. Reproduced: p. 144 www.jstor.org

Kwok, Zoe S. The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Art Museum, 2019. Mentioned: P. 163; Reproduced: P. 165, no. 36

Exhibition history

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (March 15-May 5, 1986).

The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in 10th-14th Century Chinese Art. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ (organizer) (October 19, 2019-February 16, 2020).

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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