Soup Tureen
Unknown Artist
ca. 1865
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
10 x 16 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (25.4 x 42.5 x 25.6 cm)
Classification
Tureen
Culture
Chinese, for American market
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Robert G. Goelet Gift, 1967
Accession Number
67.109a, b
Tags
About this artwork
This work from Chinese, for American market, dating to ca. 1865, provides valuable insight into the artistic practices and material culture of its era. Chinese artistic traditions developed over thousands of years, emphasizing calligraphic brushwork, symbolic imagery, and philosophical connections between art and nature. Cast or worked in silver, this piece exemplifies sophisticated metalworking traditions. The creation of metal objects involved complex processes including casting, chasing, engr...