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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Peach Cup
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Peach Cup

Maker China
DateQing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Made/manufacturedChina, Asia
MediumIvory, silver and cinnabar lacquer
Dimensions15/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (2.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.64
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DescriptionThe miniature cup in the form of a peach, carved through the cinnabar lacquer on the floret-diaper ground and below a keyfret border with three green branches forged to the surface, each issuing smaller branches with blossoms and flowering buds, further carved with a butterfly to the side, the interior lined with silver, with a cylindrical fitted ivory box, inscribed j iusitang to the flattened cover
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
China
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-16th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Unknown Chinese Artist
18th - 19th Century
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China
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 18th-19th century
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China
18th - 19th Century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
China
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 16th Century
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China
Transitional period, 17th century (c. 1643)
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China
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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Irving Titel
1954