Accession Number
1993/2.21

Title
Blue-and-white cup with brown glaze inside foot

Artist(s)
Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Object Creation Date
16th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with blue underglaze painting

Dimensions
2 1/8 in. x 3 7/16 in. x 3 7/16 in. ( 5.4 cm x 8.8 cm x 8.8 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Subject matter
A small cut decorated in underglaze blue geometric and abstracted natural designs.

Physical Description
A very small cup of a rounded shape with a slightly everted rim, standing on a relatively high, straight foot. The exterior of the bowl is decorated in two horizontal registers with geometric and abstracted natural motifs drawn with a very free hand in cobalt blue pigment, before a white glaze was applied to the whole cup. The interior of the foot is glazed brown.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
cup

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
cups (drinking vessels)
floral patterns
geometric patterns