Wine Cup with Children at Play
1465–87
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Wine Cup with Children at Play, 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 Chenghua ware demonstrates one of the high points of technological accomplishment in Chinese porcelain production.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, docai ("joined colors") ware
- Medium
- porcelain, underglaze, blue, overglaze, enamel, decoration, docai, joined, colors, ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 大明成化年製 Translation: Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi (Made in the Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1957.61
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Ming Porcelains</em>. China House Gallery, New York, NY (October 29, 1970-January 31, 1971)., <em>Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration</em>. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (October 12, 1991-January 12, 1992).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 238 Chinese Ceramics
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