Cup
1700-1825 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painted enamels of this kind were commonly known in English as 'Canton enamel', after the main centre of their production in South China. They were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. These copper wares were also produced in Beijing for imperial consumption. In Chinese they were referred to as 'foreign porcelain' (yangci 洋瓷).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted enamels on copper body. |
| Brief description | Cup, painted enamels on copper, Guangzhou, China, 18th-early 19th century |
| Physical description | This cup is part of a set with an accompanying saucer. The cup has eight lobes to its foliated sides and a short ring foot. The exterior of the cup is decorated with two figures in a landscape. One figure is in European dress and the other Chinese. The Chinese figure carries a stringed instrument known as a qin . The figures and their setting match the figures on the accompanying saucer, adapted from the flat oval space of the saucer to fit the continuous horizontal format of the cup's sides. The ring foot is painted in yellow enamel. The museum collection includes a matching set of cup and saucer: 35-1874 and 35A-1874. |
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| Credit line | Purchased |
| Object history | Purchased from a source not recorded in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1874. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Summary | Painted enamels of this kind were commonly known in English as 'Canton enamel', after the main centre of their production in South China. They were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. These copper wares were also produced in Beijing for imperial consumption. In Chinese they were referred to as 'foreign porcelain' (yangci 洋瓷). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 36-1874 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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