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Wine Cup

960–1279

China, Song dynasty

(960-1279)
Glazed dark brown stoneware, Guan ware
Diameter: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.71
Location: Not on view

Description

Wine was often served hot in porcelain cups that could also be used in popular drinking games.
  • Men-Chu Wang, probably Palace Collection, Beijing, China. Seller's no. 34
    ?–1957
    (Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1957–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Beurdeley, Michel. The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries, from the Han to the 20th Century. Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1966. Mentioned: No. 37, p. 226
    Kleinhenz, Henry J. "Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150h. Reproduced: p. 144 www.jstor.org
    Kwok, Zoe S. The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Art Museum, 2019. Mentioned: P. 163; Reproduced: P. 165, no. 36
  • China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
    The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in 10th-14th Century Chinese Art. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ (organizer) (October 19, 2019-February 16, 2020).
    Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (March 15-May 5, 1986).
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