Sujet
Zitan cup with the Five Poisons, Qing dynasty, China, 17th-18th century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Zitan cup with the Five Poisons, Qing dynasty, China, 17th-18th century. A small silver lined Zitan cup in the form of a hollowed out half pomegranate. The handle is formed by a salamander biting the cup's rim carved in high relief which continues around the cup and underneath to join a frog, lizard, scorpion and centipede also carved in high relief - these animals are referred to as the Five Poisons. The Five Poisons were a popular decorative motive in the late 16th-early 17th centuries and again in the late 18th century, but this decoration is not common at any other time.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
1600
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B73_462
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,0Mo (380,5Ko) / 23,9cm x 18,9cm / 2824 x 2227 (300dpi)