Cup with butterflies and melons

Unknown Artist

late 18th century

Cup with butterflies and melons by Unknown Artist

Medium

Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)

Dimensions

H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase by subscription, 1879

Accession Number

79.2.643

Tags

ButterfliesFlowers

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