Silver lined Zitan cup with Five Poisons17th-18th

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994

Title

Silver lined Zitan cup with Five Poisons17th-18th century

Short title

Silver lined Zitan cup with Five Poisons17th-18th

Record number

BATEA : 983

Simple name

cup

Classified name

wood; Zitan; late Ming; Qing; silver; fruit; five poisons; China; pomegranate; lizard; frog; scorpion; centipede; motif; lining; salamander; animal;

Description

Description part summary

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.

Description material

wood & silver

Description condition

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body
decoration

Description length

9 cm

Description height

3.6 cm

Description diameter

Description width

5.7 cm

Description depth

Description inscription

Description notes

Gallery location

Brunei Gallery, SOAS

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