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Object NameCup and Stand

Made FromGlass, Wood

Date1800-1911

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, carved

SizeOverall H: 13.1 cm

Accession Number79.6.23

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

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Interpretive Notes

Web Text

大红亮玻璃饕餮纹杯

Physical DescriptionCup and Stand. Colorless and brilliant red-orange glasses, wood; blown, overlay, relief- carved. (a) Ovoid, cylindrical shape; with flat base; thin red-orange lining inside colorless; the sides relief-carved; lappet border; wide band with large mask handles on either side; elaborate dragons between; carved rounded flutes at the base; recessed bottom. (b) Carved wood stand with recessed, circular top; carved openwork sides; four carved feet.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979-03-25

Former Collection Yamanaka and Co. - 1938-12-07
Bought from: Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. Chicago, Dec. 7, 1938

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1938-12-07