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During the Qing dynasty, Suzhou’s best products were sent north to the capital. Those that met imperial approval were sometimes graced with Qianlong’s mark, added by calligraphers and jade workers at court. The lack of a Qianlong mark on the Cleveland cup suggests that it might not have reached the court. Previously dated to the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), new scholarship dates this cup to the Qing period.
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Document identity
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130130
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Cup with Daoist Figures
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object
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1
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130130
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object
title
Cup with Daoist Figures
description
During the Qing dynasty, Suzhou’s best products were sent north to the capital. Those that met imperial approval were sometimes graced with Qianlong’s mark, added by calligraphers and jade workers at court. The lack of a Qianlong mark on the Cleveland cup suggests that it might not have reached the court. Previously dated to the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), new scholarship dates this cup to the Qing period.
date
1736–95
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760759
genreSpecific
Jade
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
accession
1952.51
Source extras
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Pale greenish-white jade
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Cup with Daoist Figures (雙仙人耳杯), 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95). Pale greenish-white jade; diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.510
titleInOriginalLanguage
雙仙人耳杯
collection
China - Yuan Dynasty
didYouKnow
Two female immortals serve as handles, while a Daoist procession with immortals, musicians, and attendants winds around the body of the cup.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–71.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 71
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141956
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 858
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 260
citation
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page_number
Reproduced: pl. 298
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 260
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 344
citation
Watt, James C. Y. <em>Chinese Jades from Han to Chʻing</em>. New York: Asia Society, in association with J. Weatherhill, 1980.
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cat. no. 131
citation
<em>Oriental Art</em> vol. 27, no. 1 (Spring 1981), pp. 104–107.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 106–107, fig. 9
citation
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan [National Palace Museum = 國立故宮博物院]. <em>Hai wai yi zhen, Yuqi</em>. [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade.] Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 93
citation
Little, Stephen. <em>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 47, p. 24, color plate 20
citation
Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. <em>The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 355, p. 298
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Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 104
citation
Barnes Lorber, Martin. "The World of Khubilaikhan." <em>Asian Art: the Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries</em> 24, i. 2 (Winter 2020): 12.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 12
citation
Griswold, William, Xiaofei Tian, Richard Von Glahn, Feng Zhao, S. J. Vainker, Masaaki Itakura, Jiang Wu, et al. <em>China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</em>. Edited by Clarissa von Spee. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 368–369, no. 202
citation
Liu, Yiwen 刘漪文. “人间天堂的别处想象：在克利夫兰艺术博物馆遥望中国江南” [Imagining Paradise Elsewhere: Gazing at China's Jiangnan from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. <em>The Art Newspaper</em> 艺术新闻中文版, November 2, 2023.
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Reproduced
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Anonymous Gift
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2026-05-29 06:43:42.959000
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130130
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Chinese Art
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China - Yuan Dynasty
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Pale greenish-white jade
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