Lidded Cup
ca. 1908 (made)
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The cup has an everted mouth and the body contracts towards the foot. The lid is domed, and can be turned over to rest on the knop. The exterior of both cup and lid are painted with floral sprays in different shades of underglaze blue. The mark inside the knop of the lid reads Daqing Guangxu nian zhi, that on the base of the cup reading Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi (Jiangxi Porcelain Company).
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Lidded cup, porcelain painted with floral sprays in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period, Jiangxi Porcelain Company, Jingdezhen, ca. 1908 |
| Physical description | The cup has an everted mouth and the body contracts towards the foot. The lid is domed, and can be turned over to rest on the knop. The exterior of both cup and lid are painted with floral sprays in different shades of underglaze blue. The mark inside the knop of the lid reads Daqing Guangxu nian zhi, that on the base of the cup reading Jiangxi Ciye Gongsi (Jiangxi Porcelain Company). |
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| Object history | This lidded cup came into existence as a result of one of Guangxu Emperor's reforms, which was to provide financial support to manufacturing organisations. That was a great step forward, as 100 years earlier the Court's only concern was to ensure that Jingdezhen delivered its quota of imperial porcelain. Even the term gongsi (literally 'officially managed') was a new one. It has been recorded that the Jiangxi Porcelain Company was set up in 1910, but the mark Daqing Guangxu nian zhi shows that the organisation was already in existence in 1908 by the latest, as 1908 was the last year of the Guangxu reign. The present lidded cup was probably not one of its best products, as the lid does not rest properly on the cup and tends to slip to one side. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Wilson, Ming, Rare marks on Chinese ceramics, London : Published by the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1998
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| Accession number | FE.157A, B-1988 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2000 |
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