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Coffee cup
Cornelis Pronk
1740-1745
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Cornelis Pronk (Possible designer)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.062 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.062 A
Object Name
Coffee cup
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Cornelis Pronk (Possible designer)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1740-1745
Subject(s)
- Music
- Musical Instruments
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
2.598 (H) x 3.622 (L) x 2.677 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.6 (H) x 9.2 (L) x 6.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: p. 178, fig. 202, c. 1740.Book: Sargent, William R. 2014 Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection.
• Coffeecup from so-called "Trumpeter Service" very like 2000.0061.062 A: p. 241, no. 93, discussing pattern in some depth, noting the shiny black was achieved by coating flat black enamel with transparent green, known in West as famille noire.Book: Kerr, Rose & Mengoni, Louisa E. 2011 Chinese Export Ceramics.
• Teapot, plate, teabowl & saucer & jug in same pattern: pp. 60-61, no. 78, noting possibly Pronk attribution; pattern known as The Trumpeter.Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Teapot in same pattern: p. 100, no. 74, noting examples at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and elsewhere.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• A piece of a later service with the Trumpeter design: p. 305, no. 299