Period:Ming dynasty Production date:17thC
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Width: 13.60 centimetres Depth: 7.80 centimetres
Description:
Cup, surrounded with an openwork lattice of flowers. Made of soapstone or steatite.
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![图片[1]-cup BM-SLMisc.184-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_01067687_001.jpg)
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 184 “184. A cup of gray soft stone or post with trees cutt on the pedestall from China a litle broken on the edge bought of Mr. Pinfold. } — 0.2.6”
Materials:soapstone, stone,
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Width: 13.60 centimetres Depth: 7.80 centimetres
Description:
Cup, surrounded with an openwork lattice of flowers. Made of soapstone or steatite.
IMG
Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 184 “184. A cup of gray soft stone or post with trees cutt on the pedestall from China a litle broken on the edge bought of Mr. Pinfold. } — 0.2.6”
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