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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
9682
label
Stem Cup
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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9682
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Stem Cup
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
1736-1795
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.4
height
7.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 5/16 × Diam. 2 15/16 in. (8.4 × 7.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
style
Qinghua ware
inscriptions
reign mark of the Qianlong emperor in underglaze blue; Tibetan letters
dynasty
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
reign
reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795)
med
Porcelain with underglaze blue
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6238
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CHN
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none
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