New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Memorial Cup in the Form of a Lotus Blossom

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Qing Dynasty | Guangxu Period

Date1908

MediumPorcelain | Enamel

DimensionsOverall: 2 9/16 x 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (6.5 x 13 x 19.7 cm)

Inscribed"Ta Ch'ing Kuamn Hsu san-shih-sze-bien An-hui t'ai hu fu-chin ch'iu-tsao chi-nien pei" which translates into "Remembrance cups of the autumn manoeuvers near the T'ai Lake in An-hui in the 34th year of Kuang Hsu"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.143B

Collections

Asian Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 220

DescriptionOne of a pair of Memorial Cups made during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), reign of Guangxu (1875-1908). Finely modelled bowl in form of peony blossom. Petals are shaded pink and outlined in black. Center of flower is white with yellow dots; hole at this area opens into hollow green stem to serve as straw (?). Stem dappled black, has nineteen characters on underside in black. Tendril of stem broken off at tip on underside.

Published ReferencesSimilar cups illustrated in Oort, H.A. Van, _The Porcelain of Hung Hsien_,, N.V. Uitgeversmaatscheppy de Tijdstroom, Lochem -- In collection of Mr. F.A.J. Fluger, Amsterdam, p. 124, 2 views.