Cup
ca. 1700 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Cup, one of a pair (with FE.92-1970). With spreading sides thinly cut in twelve facets and with a six-pointed star-shaped rim; thinly-potted, slightly inset foot. Painted on one side is a flowering chrysanthemum with grasses in red, green, blue and yellow enamels with black outline, and inside on the bottom is a rosette.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Cup, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; Japan, Arita kilns (Kakiemon type), Edo period, ca. 1700 |
| Physical description | Cup, one of a pair (with FE.92-1970). With spreading sides thinly cut in twelve facets and with a six-pointed star-shaped rim; thinly-potted, slightly inset foot. Painted on one side is a flowering chrysanthemum with grasses in red, green, blue and yellow enamels with black outline, and inside on the bottom is a rosette. |
| Styles | |
| Gallery label | Pair of cups
Porcelain painted in enamels
Arita ware, Kakiemon style
JAPANESE; circa 1700
Miss E. Humphreys-Owen Gift
FE.92 & A-1970(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss E. Humphreys-Owen |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 264. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.92A-1970 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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