Hexagonal Cup with Animal Mask Handle and Carved Inscription

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Yu Yunweî

Title

Hexagonal Cup with Animal Mask Handle and Carved Inscription

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1821–1850

Medium

Yixing stoneware speckeld with cinnbar red and with underglaze incised and molded decoration

Dimensions

3.4 × 7.4 × 5.5 cm (1 5/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson

Reference Number

1940.791

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