Cup
1989 (made)
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Cup, part of a tea set, made of fine, white translucent porcelain, decorated with an underglaze pattern of a branch of fruit and leaves in black, grey, brown, pink, green and yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with underglaze polychrome decoration |
| Brief description | Cup, part of a tea set, porcelain with underglaze polychrome decoration; manufactured by Hunan Ceramics Research Institute, China (Hunan province), 1989 |
| Physical description | Cup, part of a tea set, made of fine, white translucent porcelain, decorated with an underglaze pattern of a branch of fruit and leaves in black, grey, brown, pink, green and yellow. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Hunan tao ci yan jiu suo jing zhi' stamped blue sealmark on base
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Simon Kwan |
| Object history | The tea set [FE.63 to 71-1990] was first produced and hand-decorated by the Liling factory in the 1960s. In order to demonstrate that such high-quality domestic product could still be made, the Hong Kong Museum of Art commissioned the Hunan Ceramics Research Institute to produce 100 sets, and then sold them by mail-order at a cost of HK$ 980. It is reported that the order from Hunan took some years to arrive. |
| Production | Register |
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| Accession number | FE.66:1-1990 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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