Wine Cup (Jue) (c. 1400 BCE): Art, History and Details

Wine Cup (Jue) (c. 1400 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Decoration is restricted to a narrow belt of forms around the middle of this wine vessel. The side opposite the handle features a symmetrical design with two eyes amid barbs and curls. On the other side, two roughly symmetrical units, also composed of barbs and curls, flank the handle.

Object facts

• Title: Wine Cup (Jue)
• Date: c. 1400 BCE
• Culture: China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Erligang phase (c. 1600–1400 BCE)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Overall: 32.4 x 24.2 cm (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
• Collection: China - Shang Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1982.148

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Published as: Chueh
• Wilson, J. Keith. "Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 1 (1990): 2–35.
• Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.

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