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accession number:	1960.78
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Wine Cups (Jue), c. 1200 BC. China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC). Bronze; overall: 20.3 x 19.7 cm (8 x 7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1960.78

title:				Wine Cups (Jue)
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creation date:			c. 1200 BC
creation date earliest:		1210
creation date latest:		1190
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 20.3 x 19.7 cm (8 x 7 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
	opening date:   1990-07-24T04:00:00
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 1960  Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review for 1960, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961, no. 26<br>1988  Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures for the Yellow Springs, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, February  2-June 6, 1988 (no cat.)<br>1990  Cleveland Museum of Art, Powerful Form and Potent Symbol:  The Dragon in Asia, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, July 24-December 30, 1990, no. 2<br>1994  Cleveland Museum of Art, Asian Autumn:  "New Objects/New Insights:  Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (Oct. 1994) cat. no. 7, p. 346

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wall description: 
Wine and food played a major role in ritual offerings to the ancestral spirits and the "Supreme Ancestor"(Shangdi) performed by the Shang rulers in the state cult of ancestor worship. A variety of wine vessels-- each type given a specific name--was cast to bear witness to the power and artistic vitality of this remote civilization.

This example of a jue wine cup is for libations. Other major types of wine vessels include jia (wine warming vessel), fangyou (square wine container), and gu (beaker with a trumpeted mouth for pouring).
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