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This delicate wine cup, only two inches high, exhibits free, spontaneous drawing as well as perfect compositional balance over its small surface area. The motifs were outlined with cobalt blue; the piece was then glazed and fired in the normal way for making the blue-and-white ware. After firing, the outline painting was completed with colored enamels over the glaze. The piece was fired the second time. The pictorial decoration is refined and complicated; the porcelain body is of exceptionally high quality and is thin, translucent, and light in weight.
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135007
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Wine Cup with Children at Play
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135007
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Wine Cup with Children at Play
description
This delicate wine cup, only two inches high, exhibits free, spontaneous drawing as well as perfect compositional balance over its small surface area. The motifs were outlined with cobalt blue; the piece was then glazed and fired in the normal way for making the blue-and-white ware. After firing, the outline painting was completed with colored enamels over the glaze. The piece was fired the second time. The pictorial decoration is refined and complicated; the porcelain body is of exceptionally high quality and is thin, translucent, and light in weight.
date
1465–87
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CC0
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en
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Q60763417
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Ceramic
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Overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487)
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1957.61
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porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, docai ("joined colors") ware
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Wine Cup with Children at Play (斗彩婴戏杯), 1465–87. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, docai ("joined colors") ware; overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1957.61
titleInOriginalLanguage
斗彩婴戏杯
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China - Ming Dynasty
inscriptions
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大明成化年製
inscription_translation
Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi (Made in the Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign)
didYouKnow
Chenghua ware demonstrates one of the high points of technological accomplishment in Chinese porcelain production.
citations
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 865
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Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
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Reproduced: p. 409, colorplate #41
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 266
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Lee, Sherman E. <em>Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum, 1967.
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p. 67
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Moore, Janet Gaylord. <em>The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: World Pub. Co., 1968.
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Reproduced: p. 117
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 266
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Valenstein, Suzanne G. <em>Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective: Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition from Museum and Private Collections in the United States, October 29, 1970 Through January 31, 1971</em>. New York: China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1970.
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Reproduced: p. 52
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Ayers, John. "Ming Porcelains at China House Gallery, New York," <em>The Connoisseur</em>, November 1970.
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Reproduced: p. 189
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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. 354
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Moore, Janet Gaylord. <em>The Eastern Gate: An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan</em>. Cleveland: Collins, 1979.
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Reproduced: pp. 79 and 87
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Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Cat. no. 127
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
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Reproduced: pp. 142-143
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:54:06.216000
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135007
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, docai ("joined colors") ware
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