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Opium Cup
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This elegant cup is carved from jade, thinned to the point of translucence. The artist took inspiration from a poppy, the plant from which opium is derived. Overlapping petals create the basin, and a stem with leaves forms the curving handle. Opium latex, a milky fluid produced by the plant, was dried, then dissolved in wine, milk, or water and drunk from a cup. Opium had been used in India since ancient times, for purposes ranging from medicinal to religious to recreational.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1999 - 2008 ) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009 ) gift; to Harvard Art Museum 2009.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1999.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: Opium Cup
Description:
This elegant cup is carved from jade, thinned to the point of translucence.
The artist took inspiration from a poppy, the plant from which opium is derived.
Overlapping petals create the basin, and a stem with leaves forms the curving handle.
Opium latex, a milky fluid produced by the plant, was dried, then dissolved in wine, milk, or water and drunk from a cup.
Opium had been used in India since ancient times, for purposes ranging from medicinal to religious to recreational.
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