Cup and Saucer
ca. 1730 (made)
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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.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | 24&A-1908 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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