Cup
ca. 1690-1710 (made)
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With a hemisphere surmounted on a broad cylinder with trumpet neck; simple scrolled handle on one side and a low foot. Painted in deep blue in fan-shaped or circular panels on either side reserved on a powder-blue ground are simple flower-spray designs. The rim is dressed with brown glaze. After a European model, perhaps in English silver.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | porcelain painted in underglaze blue with powdered blue ground |
| Brief description | Cup, porcelain decorated in blue with flower-spray designs, Chinese, ca. 1690-1710 |
| Physical description | With a hemisphere surmounted on a broad cylinder with trumpet neck; simple scrolled handle on one side and a low foot. Painted in deep blue in fan-shaped or circular panels on either side reserved on a powder-blue ground are simple flower-spray designs. The rim is dressed with brown glaze. After a European model, perhaps in English silver. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs. B. Nichols |
| Production | label |
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| Accession number | FE.17-1972 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2003 |
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