Stem Cup

1736-1795 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911)) H: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Citation Source image

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 stems of these cups evokes the head of the curved scepter carried by Bud...

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6213
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Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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