Cup
1662-1720 (made), 1700-1725 (decorated)
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Cup and saucer with engraved decoration on the outside (added in Europe, probably Germany ca. 1700-1725). Painted in blue; in the centre of each is a lake scene, within a circular compartment surrounded by four rosettes. The outside of the cup and rim of the saucer are covered with a brown glaze which has been ground away so as to form a pattern in white, of birds amid flowering stems.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, with brown glaze, engraved |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, painted in underglaze blue with pattern of lakes, birds and flowering stems, with brown glaze, China, 1662-1722. Glaze engraved in Germany, ca. 1700-725. |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer with engraved decoration on the outside (added in Europe, probably Germany ca. 1700-1725). Painted in blue; in the centre of each is a lake scene, within a circular compartment surrounded by four rosettes. The outside of the cup and rim of the saucer are covered with a brown glaze which has been ground away so as to form a pattern in white, of birds amid flowering stems. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mrs. Wallace Dunlop (5 Connaught Square), accessioned in 1895. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | 307-1895 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2003 |
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