Flower-Shaped Cup

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Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

Flower-Shaped Cup

1100-1200

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

This elegant, six-lobed cup is made from nephrite jade, a material venerated in China for its ritual significance, association with gentlemanly virtures, and physical properties, holding a place equivalent to that of gold in the West. Connoisseurs of the time appreciated this understated material and celebrated the purity of the form and texture of the stone, here emphasized by the absence of decoration in this cup.

Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Flower-Shaped Cup

Date:

1100-1200

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Medium:

Jade

Dimensions:

2 x 2 1/2 inches (5.1 x 6.4 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of the Far Eastern Art Committee in honor of Henry B. Keep, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-41-1

Geography:

Made in China, Asia

Context:

Dynasty: Song Dynasty (960-1279)

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Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

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