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Source Description
This deep "U" shaped cup depicts two scholars in a garden. They stand on a veranda facing each other while elaborate rock formations emerge behind them. The painted enamel, applied with thin lines and soft wash, is in the famille verte style. Naturalistic scenes of everyday life or adventurous novels became a popular subject during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Private patrons and wealthy middle class markets shifted the demand for porcelain from fantastical subjects of dragons and phoenixes for the imperial court to the more common realistic scenes of landscapes, figures, children, and recognizable characters.
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1249
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Cup with Scholars in a Garden
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Source metadata
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1249
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object
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normalized
title
Cup with Scholars in a Garden
description
This deep "U" shaped cup depicts two scholars in a garden. They stand on a veranda facing each other while elaborate rock formations emerge behind them. The painted enamel, applied with thin lines and soft wash, is in the famille verte style. Naturalistic scenes of everyday life or adventurous novels became a popular subject during the Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Private patrons and wealthy middle class markets shifted the demand for porcelain from fantastical subjects of dragons and phoenixes for the imperial court to the more common realistic scenes of landscapes, figures, children, and recognizable characters.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1700-1722
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
cups (drinking vessels)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
style
famille verte
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1622-1722)
med
porcelain with overglaze enamels
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6238
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CHN
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2514
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1
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0
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photo
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