Cup with Daoist Figures
1736–1795
- Medium
- Pale greenish-white jade
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Jade
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
About
During the Qing dynasty, Suzhou’s best products were sent north to the capital. Those that met imperial approval were sometimes graced with Qianlong’s mark, added by calligraphers and jade workers at court. The lack of a Qianlong mark on the Cleveland cup suggests that it might not have reached the court. Previously dated to the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), new scholarship dates this cup to the Qing period.