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Cup (Miniature teabowl or teacup)
1780-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1963.0782 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0782 A
Object Name
Cup (Miniature teabowl or teacup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1780-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside, within footrim
Inscription: Rectangular, buff-colored paper label with a red border and indecipherable text, handwritten in pencil
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Satire
- Drinking games or tricks
- Ages
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.5 (H) x 2.26 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.9 (H) x 5.75 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 92, fig. 56, 1780-1800.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: p. 378, no. 372, mention, only.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Chinese export porcelain plate portraying same subject, differently detailed: p. 378, no. 372, c. 1790. Notes creamware plates with similar prints titled "Grandma/Miss" and "Before and After Marriage."Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Chinese export porcelain snuff bottle portraying same subject, differently detailed: p. 378, no. 373, dated 1813Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Pair of printed plates (pearlware or creamware) with reversable heads with somewhat related imagery: p. 76, nos. 180, male portrait plate inscribed "PHYSIC" AND "DIVINITY"; no. 181, female portrait plate inscribed "GRANDMAMA" and "MISS."Book: Kay, John. 1877 A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings.
• Variation on same type Old Age (male and female) caricature, titled "After Marriage": vol. 1, no. 37, with text