Cup
CultureChinese
DateYuan dynasty (1279-1368)
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (3.81 × 6.99 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-124/6
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionCup with fluted sides in six large scallops, interior engraved in floral design.Exhibition HistoryChina Institute, New York. April 27 - June 1951.
Chinese Art Under the Mongols, Yale University Art Gallery, 1968-1969; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, October 1 - November 24, 1968; Asia House Gallery, New York.
Purchased through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Silver On The Occasion of The Silver Anniversary Of China Institute In America (New York: 1951.), 5 (repro.).
Sherman E. Lee, Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, (Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Art; Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1968), no. 33h (repro.).
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