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Source Description
Stemmed cups resembling wine vessels used at court figure prominently on Chinese Buddhist altars, where they are placed before devotional images and filled with water. A band of heart-shaped motifs on the stem of this cup evokes the head of the curved scepter carried by Buddhist deities and symbolic of monastic authority. On the bowl of the cup, Tibetan letters mounted above lotus blossoms are surrounded by coiling leaf patterns.
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Document identity
localId
4336
label
Stem Cup for an Altar
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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4336
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Stem Cup for an Altar
description
Stemmed cups resembling wine vessels used at court figure prominently on Chinese Buddhist altars, where they are placed before devotional images and filled with water. A band of heart-shaped motifs on the stem of this cup evokes the head of the curved scepter carried by Buddhist deities and symbolic of monastic authority. On the bowl of the cup, Tibetan letters mounted above lotus blossoms are surrounded by coiling leaf patterns.
provenance
Owned by Mrs. P. R. Lyne, Salisbury MD; given to Walters Art Museum, January 1983.
date
1821-1850
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.9
height
10.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 5/16 × Diam: 4 3/16 in. (10.9 × 10.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Reign Mark] In blue underglaze: Daoguang; Tibetan letters
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Daoguang (1821-1850)
med
porcelain with underglaze blue
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6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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