Stem Cup

1736-1795 (Qing dynasty (1644-1911))

7.5 cm 8.3 cm

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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 Buddhi...

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Owned by Mrs. P. R. Lyne, Salisbury MD; given to Walters Art Museum, January 1983.
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Chinese

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