Cup with Dragon Handles
Unknown Artist
1662–1722
Medium
Pale gray-green white jade
Dimensions
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Classification
Jade
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.424
About this artwork
Three dragons, auspicious symbols for good fortune, grasp the rim of this bowl. A large shou (longevity) character is visible on the outside wall. Drinking cups with dragon handles were elite luxuries. The yellowish-white color and refined techniques are characteristic of Suzhou workshops that served the court, scholar-officials, and the merchant class. The optimistic attribution to Lu Zigang (late 1500s), a jade master recorded to have been active in Suzhou, suggests that its maker used the mas...