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Cup with Dragon Handles
The collection record classifies this work as jade. It is dated 1662–1722. Recorded culture or place: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722).
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- Museum title
- Cup with Dragon Handles
- Date
- 1662–1722
- Culture / origin
- China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722)
- Materials and technique
- Pale gray-green white jade
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Overall: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1920.424
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Three dragons, auspicious symbols for good fortune, grasp the rim of this bowl. A large shou (longevity) character is visible on the outside wall. Drinking cups with dragon handles were elite luxuries. The yellowish-white color and refined techniques are characteristic of Suzhou workshops that served the court, scholar-officials, and the merchant class. The optimistic attribution to Lu Zigang (late 1500s), a jade master recorded to have been active in Suzhou, suggests that its maker used the master’s name to attract wealthy clients eager to demonstrate their refined taste and connoisseurship.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of J. H. Wade · CC0
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