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Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)
1720-1730
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2001.0020.007 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2001.0020.007 A
Object Name
Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Secondary Place of Origin
Netherlands; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
Decorated in Netherlands.
Date
1720-1730
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, circular paper label with "<typed>·RAFI Y. MOTTAHEDEH·/ <handwritten>975c/s / <typed>COLLECTION" in black ink [not present as of 3/26/10]
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "BEAKER + SAUCER- 2 7/8" H/ CHINA EXP. HAUSMALER/ PORC. PAINTED IN EUROPE/ PROFILE PORTRAIT- JEWEL/ CORONET- SPRIGGS/ CIRCA 1710 4537" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Dutch market (Chinese export)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
2.874 (H) x 2.717 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.3 (H) x 6.9 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Espir, Helen. 2005 European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830.
• Published: p. 123, fig. 11, Kangxi, decorated in Holland in "fine-line" style, 1720-1725.Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: p. 121, fig. 72, c. 1725.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Published: pp. 258-259, fig. 254