wine cups (cups (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking))

One of a set of five porcelain wine cups in a set with flaring mouths and recessed bases, decorated with enamel over clear glaze on the exterior. A dragon chasing a flaming pearl is painted among clouds below a band of cloud pattern. These wine cups were usually used as part of the ritual implements for offerings and placed in front of an altar.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2012.59.2
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 35 mm x 45 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
porcelain; glaze; enamel
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Asia > Chinese cultures
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