Wine cup

Object Details

• Description

  Wine cup. Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt with design of the "three friends."

  Clay: porcelain. Slightly oxidized on exterior surface.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt. Double lines encircling inside and outside of rim and framing design in center of interior; triple line circling outside of foot, including one line at angle between body and foot. Design motif of "three friends" (pine, plum, and bamboo) in interior, shown as landscape with ground plane, rocks, and other plants; on exterior, as abstracted intertwining branches.

• Inscriptions

  Six character mark of the Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-1435), within double ring.

• Provenance

  To ?

  Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Washington, DC [1]

  From ? to 1984

  Dr. Ignacio Rodriguez, Arnold, Maryland, purchased from Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Washington, DC [2]

  From 1984

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ignacio Rodriguez, Arnold, Maryland [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Appraisal from The Oriental Art Auction Company, Inc., copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Plum Blossoms, Chrysanthemums, and Bamboo (July 30 to December 4, 2011)

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc.

  Dr. and Mrs. Ignacio Rodriguez

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ignacio Rodriguez

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1920s, 1950s

• Name

  Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc., Rodriguez, Ignacio

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Pine tree, Wine and wine making, Landscapes, Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Modern period (1912 - present)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)