Cup with cover

Object Details

• Description

  A porcelain cup and lid in the style of enameled pictorial image with poem, formerly known as Guyuexuan, and bearing a red mark on the base, “China”.

• Marks

  Marked on top of cover in red: China

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Helenor Campbell Wilder Foerster

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1920s, 1930s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Enamel and enameling, Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Modern period (1912 - present)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)