Cup
1724-1727 (made)
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Cup of hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped with no handle. Painted on one side with Venus seated in the act of blindfolding Cupid in a landscape. On the other side, she holds Cupid's bow whilst he approaches her with a sheaf of arrows in his arms.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup of hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, possibly painted by Lodovico Ortolani, Vezzi porcelain factory, Venice, 1724-1727. |
| Physical description | Cup of hard paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped with no handle. Painted on one side with Venus seated in the act of blindfolding Cupid in a landscape. On the other side, she holds Cupid's bow whilst he approaches her with a sheaf of arrows in his arms. |
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| Object history | Subjects from 'Scherzi d'Amore', a set of engravings by O. Fialetti and published in Venice in 1617. |
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| Accession number | C.16-1911 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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