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Cup and saucer
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Cup and saucer
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
ca. 1745-1750 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mrs B. Nichols
- Museum number:
FE.29&A-1972
- Gallery location:
China, room 47f, case 13
Physical description
Cup and saucer of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt, with a European classical scene. The cup with sides rounded below and everted at the lip; the saucer of plain shape with rounded sides similarly spreading at the lip; low foot. Painted round the cup and inside the saucer is a scene with two classical figures seated in a verdant landscape; he holds what should perhaps be a lyre for his female companion to play white a dog leaps about their knees.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
ca. 1745-1750 (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Dimensions
Diameter: 7.4 cm cup, Height: 3.9 cm cup, Diameter: 11.4 cm saucer
Descriptive line
Cup and saucer, porcelain painted with overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilded, with a scene depicting a couple, possibly Cupid and Psyche; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1745-1750
Production Note
Register
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Landscapes; Classical figures
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
