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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

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Outside is a landscape with a Chinese figure and a boy attendant carrying a lute. Inside is a wavy border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1755
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Outside is a landscape with a Chinese figure and a boy attendant carrying a lute. Inside is a wavy border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Credit line
Given by N. Baker, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.684-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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