id:			130130
accession number:	1952.510
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.510
updated:		2025-08-07 21:38:39.390000
Cup with Daoist Figures, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95). Pale greenish-white jade; diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1952.510
title:				Cup with Daoist Figures
title in original language:	雙仙人耳杯
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creation date:			1736–95
creation date earliest:		1736
creation date latest:		1795
current location:		240B Chinese Decorative Arts
creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
technique:	Pale greenish-white jade
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Jade
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
	title:		Chinese Jade
	opening date:   1962-11-30T05:00:00
	Chinese Jade. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (November 30, 1962-February 3, 1963).
	title:		Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China
	opening date:   1988-02-10T05:00:00
	Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).
	title:		The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
	opening date:   2010-09-20T00:00:00
	The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011).
	title:		China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Jade. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (November 30-February 3, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-11-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty (1279-1368). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 2-November 24, 1968); Asia House, New York, NY (January 16-March 2, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1968-10-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (October 9-December 7, 1980); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (January 12-February 22, 1981); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (March 26-May 10, 1981); Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI (July 17-September 13, 1981).", 'opening_date': '1980-10-09T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
	Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 71
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141956
	The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 858
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n152
	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 260
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n284
	Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 298
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 260
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n284
	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 344
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n364
	Watt, James C. Y. Chinese Jades from Han to Chʻing. New York: Asia Society, in association with J. Weatherhill, 1980.
	page number: 	cat. no. 131
	url:		
	Oriental Art vol. 27, no. 1 (Spring 1981), pp. 104–107.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 106–107, fig. 9
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	Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan [National Palace Museum = 國立故宮博物院]. Hai wai yi zhen, Yuqi. [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade.] Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 93
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	Little, Stephen. Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 47, p. 24, color plate 20
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	Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 355, p. 298
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 104
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	Barnes Lorber, Martin. "The World of Khubilaikhan." Asian Art: the Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 24, i. 2 (Winter 2020): 12.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		
	Liu, Yiwen 刘漪文. “人间天堂的别处想象:在克利夫兰艺术博物馆遥望中国江南” [Imagining Paradise Elsewhere: Gazing at China's Jiangnan from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. The Art Newspaper 艺术新闻中文版, November 2, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced
	url:		http://www.tanchinese.com/archives/exhibitions/124384
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