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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Coffee Cup

ca. 1750-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A Chinese figure standing beside a rock and a tree in an oriental landscape in yellow, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside, rounded on the outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Chinese figure in an oriental landscape
Physical description
A Chinese figure standing beside a rock and a tree in an oriental landscape in yellow, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside, rounded on the outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 5.6cm
Height: Ht. 5.7 cms (2 1/4 ins).() Diameter: D. 5.6 cms (2 3/16 ins)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Object history
Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 163.
Production
London (probably Lambeth High Street, William Griffith)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
Other number
H6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.10-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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