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Ritual wine cup (jue)

1294
Not on view
The inscription under its lip states that the cup was cast in 1294 for the Confucian school of Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province). It was part of a larger project that was completed between 1293 and 1295 and supervised by two scholar-officials, Li Gan and Fang Wenbao. The Cernuschi cup nearby was from the same group but cast one year earlier. The Wu County vessels are the earliest ritual bronzes that bear dated inscriptions from the Yuan dynasty.

Inscription
至元甲午歲李淦方文豹鑄吳學祭器
In the jiawu year of the Zhiyuan reign, Li Gan and Fang Wenbao cast this ritual vessel for the Confucian school of Wu Prefecture.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 元至元 吳郡學祭器銅爵
  • Title: Ritual wine cup (jue)
  • Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
  • Date: 1294
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Copper alloy
  • Dimensions: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); L. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2020
  • Object Number: 2020.122
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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