Cup and Saucer
1662-1722 (made)
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Chocolate cup with lid and saucer, painted in underglaze blue with the subject adapted from a European engraving. On the saucer and cover and outside the cup, a pair of European monarchs enthroned, surrounded by panels, containing alternately a flowering shrub and a kneeling male Chinese figures with birds. Outside the rim of the cup, the inscription 'L'EMPIRE DE LA VERTUE, EST ETABLY JUSQ' AU BOUT DE L'UNIVE'. Inside the cup a stylised flower and a border of foliage. Under the saucer four of the Eight Precious Things.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Chocolate cup with lid and saucer, porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722) |
| Physical description | Chocolate cup with lid and saucer, painted in underglaze blue with the subject adapted from a European engraving. On the saucer and cover and outside the cup, a pair of European monarchs enthroned, surrounded by panels, containing alternately a flowering shrub and a kneeling male Chinese figures with birds. Outside the rim of the cup, the inscription 'L'EMPIRE DE LA VERTUE, EST ETABLY JUSQ' AU BOUT DE L'UNIVE'. Inside the cup a stylised flower and a border of foliage. Under the saucer four of the Eight Precious Things. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A fretted square in a double circle, in underglaze blue |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Other number | Loan no. 451 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.780 to B-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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