Wine-Cup
1662-1722 (made)
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Wine-cup of porcelain, with decoration impressed and incised under green and yellow glazes. The cup has thinly potted sides spreading to an everted lip and rising form a small, tapering foot. Inside the cup is glazed yellow. On the outside green glaze covers a central band of impressed key-fret pattern, with incised meander frieze above and upright lotus panels below. The base is glazed in green.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain, impressed, incised, glazed |
Brief description | Wine-cup, porcelain with decoration impressed and incised under green and yellow glazes; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
Physical description | Wine-cup of porcelain, with decoration impressed and incised under green and yellow glazes. The cup has thinly potted sides spreading to an everted lip and rising form a small, tapering foot. Inside the cup is glazed yellow. On the outside green glaze covers a central band of impressed key-fret pattern, with incised meander frieze above and upright lotus panels below. The base is glazed in green. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr Louis Cahen |
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Accession number | C.51-1957 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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