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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Cup moulded with eight vertical lobes, the saucer edge as eight out-turned scallops. Painted in enamel colours in Kakiemon style with a flying phoenix and chrysanthemum spray.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730
Physical description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Cup moulded with eight vertical lobes, the saucer edge as eight out-turned scallops. Painted in enamel colours in Kakiemon style with a flying phoenix and chrysanthemum spray.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with pommels and curved guards (Factory mark, in blue enamel)
  • 'N=340 / W' (Dresden inventory mark, engraved and coloured black)
Object history
From E. J. Stanley Collection (sold Christie's, 31 Jan. 1908, lot 48). Formerly in the Royal Saxon Collection, Dresden.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. XIV (b), p. 59, 63, 166, 173.
Collection
Accession number
24&A-1908

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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