Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:13th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Silver with repoussé decoration and gilding Dimensions:H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. of foot 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Classification:Metalwork Credit Line:Purchase, Leon Levy and Shelby White and The Rosenkranz Foundation Gifts, 2000 Accession Number:2000.209 Often found in the decorative arts in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the motif of a plum blossom in the moonlight was inspired by similar imagery in the poetry of that period.
Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:13th–14th century Culture:China Medium:Silver with repoussé decoration and gilding Dimensions:H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. of foot 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Classification:Metalwork Credit Line:Purchase, Leon Levy and Shelby White and The Rosenkranz Foundation Gifts, 2000 Accession Number:2000.209 Often found in the decorative arts in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the motif of a plum blossom in the moonlight was inspired by similar imagery in the poetry of that period.