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17TH CENTURY
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A BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP
17TH CENTURY
Standing on a tall, slightly spreading foot decorated with chrysanthemum and lotus, the cup is decorated with two figures playing weiqi and drinking tea, accompanied by an attendant tending to the tea. The interior of the foot is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high
17TH CENTURY
Standing on a tall, slightly spreading foot decorated with chrysanthemum and lotus, the cup is decorated with two figures playing weiqi and drinking tea, accompanied by an attendant tending to the tea. The interior of the foot is inscribed with an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1977.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1977.
Exhibited
S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989 ed., p. 210, no. 202.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP