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Cup with historical figures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic cup with a wide mouth and slightly narrow base. A black and white illustration of a person with long dark hair wearing a traditional robe and leg wraps, holding a bow and quiver of arrows. The illustration shows the person with their right leg bent at the knee and foot lifted, and left leg bent behind them with foot lifted. The person appears to be mid movement. There are foreign language characters on the right side. A ruler or measuring device is in front.

Artwork details

Date:
mid-9th century
Medium:
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 555 px
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