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Zitan cup with the Five Poisons, Qing dynasty, China, 17th-18th century.
Zitan cup with the Five Poisons, Qing dynasty, China, 17th-18th century. A small silver lined Zitan cup in the form of a hollowed out half pomegranate. The handle is formed by a salamander biting the cup's rim carved in high relief which continues around the cup and underneath to join a frog, lizard, scorpion and centipede also carved in high relief - these animals are referred to as the Five Poisons. The Five Poisons were a popular decorative motive in the late 16th-early 17th centuries and again in the late 18th century, but this decoration is not common at any other time.
Unique Identifier
AR919602
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2824px × 2227px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
18th century
Amphibian
ANIMAL
artefact
Artifact
china
CHINESE
color
country
Cup
DYNASTY
eighteenth century
Fruit
LOCATION
Museum of East Asian Art
Object
Pomegranate
qing dynasty
Salamander
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Wood
zitan