Cup
Datelate 17th century
Maker
Chinese
Label TextDehua potters created shapes unique to other materials like antique bronzes and cups made of rhinoceros horn. Costly rhinoceros horn was believed to possess special power to nurture health and the mind. Drinking cups were therefore made from the horns and decorated with auspicious motifs, typically on the subject of longevity--pine and crane, plum, and deer--all of which appear on this cup.
Object number33.681
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Blanc de Chine, Feb. 4 - June 20, 1988.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, Feb. 17 - May 7, 2000.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics, Sept. 7 - Nov. 19, 2002.Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe, Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 155
Chinese Porcelain an Export to the World, Joint Publishing Company, (H.K.) Co. Ltd., 2008, pg. 105Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 in. x 5 3/4 in. (7.6 x 14.6 cm)
MediumHard paste porcelain
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