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Wine Cup with Children at Play

斗彩婴戏杯

1465–87

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period

(1465-1487)
Medium
porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration, docai ("joined colors") ware
Measurements
Overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1957.61
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Location
238 Chinese Ceramics
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Chenghua ware demonstrates one of the high points of technological accomplishment in Chinese porcelain production.

Description

This delicate wine cup, only two inches high, exhibits free, spontaneous drawing as well as perfect compositional balance over its small surface area. The motifs were outlined with cobalt blue; the piece was then glazed and fired in the normal way for making the blue-and-white ware. After firing, the outline painting was completed with colored enamels over the glaze. The piece was fired the second time. The pictorial decoration is refined and complicated; the porcelain body is of exceptionally high quality and is thin, translucent, and light in weight.
A white porcelain cup features faded colorful paintings of scenes of children playing in nature.

Wine Cup with Children at Play

1465–87

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487)

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