Cup; porcelain enameled 3-color ware with basal design of two dragons, one with sacred pearl in claw; manganese purple/green/black on yellow ground; double peach and flower on rim; 6 characters on underside translate: "Wan-Li Great Ming Dynasty"; wide, shallow; depth: 9.4 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels), Dragons, and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama