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

Cup

early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Decorated in relief with The Deluge and the Triumph of Neptune. Neptune is in a car drawn by sea-horses and surrounded by Tritons and Nereids.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain
Brief description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, early 19th century.
Physical description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Decorated in relief with The Deluge and the Triumph of Neptune. Neptune is in a car drawn by sea-horses and surrounded by Tritons and Nereids.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
Gallery label
Cup Porcelain The Deluge and the Triumph of Neptune ITALY (DOCCIA); early 19th century 3386-1853 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Object history
Bandinel Collection
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014 P.41, Cat.16 16. Cup with bas-relief scenes circa 1760 hard-paste porcelain h 7,4 cm no mark inv. 3386-1853 purchase: Bandinel Collection Cup of white porcelain with bas-relief scenes. The cup has two scenes representing the myth of the flood that the divinities on Olympus send to the Earth to destroy all men except Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha. The first scene is based on an engraving of Le Déluge universel (BANIER 1732, vol. I, p. 16) from an idea Godfried Maes, made by Jan Wandelaar; the other one is based on an engraving Of Neptune calme les flots (BANIER 1732, vol. I, p. 19), made by Philip van Gúnst. The lead plaques that were used to make the reliefs are in the Museo di Doccia (inv. 6456, 6458). When the cup was purchased it was attributed to Capodimonte. For further historical information, see cat. 17. A.B. Bibliography: unpublished
Collection
Accession number
3386-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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