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

Peach Cup

Artist Chinese Artist
DateQing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Place of originChina, 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)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.64
Collections
Visual 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
Bibliography
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