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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1730-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer painted in underglaze blue with oriental style garden scenes, a geometrical border pattern inside the rims.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
A hard-paste porcelain beaker and saucer painted in underglaze blue with oriental style garden scenes, made at the Meissen porcelain factory, ca. 1730-1740
Physical description
Cup and saucer painted in underglaze blue with oriental style garden scenes, a geometrical border pattern inside the rims.
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Blaauwen, A. L. den. Meissen porcelain in the Rijksmuseum. Zwolle : Waanders, 2000, Cat. no. 156, p. 236
Collection
Accession number
C.834&A-1920

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Record createdApril 30, 2009
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