Cup and Saucer
18th century (made)
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Cup with lid and saucer of porcelain. The cup is painted outside and the saucer inside with two figures of ladies holding fans on a blue ground figured with gilt detached flowers and with a pair of butterflies and a bird in compartments and groups of paulownia and prunus blossom. The lid is decorated with similar panels and groups of blossom. In the middle of the saucer and inside the cup, which has no handle, is a spray of chrysanthemum. The painting is in red, green, blue and manganese-purple.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup with lid and saucer, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns (Imari type), Edo period, 18th century |
| Physical description | Cup with lid and saucer of porcelain. The cup is painted outside and the saucer inside with two figures of ladies holding fans on a blue ground figured with gilt detached flowers and with a pair of butterflies and a bird in compartments and groups of paulownia and prunus blossom. The lid is decorated with similar panels and groups of blossom. In the middle of the saucer and inside the cup, which has no handle, is a spray of chrysanthemum. The painting is in red, green, blue and manganese-purple. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs Marie Adeline Dumergue |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mrs. Marie Adeline Dumergue, accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. Stated to have come from the Beckford Collection at Fonthill Abbey.;;; |
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| Accession number | C.101 to B-1912 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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