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

Cup

late 18 century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, made for the Turkish market, with scalloped edge. Painted in underglaze blue in Chinese style with flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee cup, made for the Turkish market, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, late 18 century
Physical description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, made for the Turkish market, with scalloped edge. Painted in underglaze blue in Chinese style with flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (?) (In underglaze blue)
  • Imitation Chinese six-character mark of Yongzheng period (1723-35) (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Mr H. Belward Ray
Object history
Made for the Turkish market.
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
Collection
Accession number
699-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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