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Coffee cup
1730-1740
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2001.0029.016 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2001.0029.016 A
Object Name
Coffee cup
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1730-1740
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "CUP + SAUCER- 2 1/2"/ EXP. CHINA- BLUE +/ GREEN- SEPIA + GOLD/ YOUNGCHENG/ 4809 CIRCA 1735" handwritten in black and red ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
2.52 (H) x 3.2 (L) x 2.244 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.4 (H) x 8.1 (L) x 5.7 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length measurement is the diameter plus the handle
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. 177 (Fig. 200) Dated c. 1735Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Discussion of famille vert: pp. 113-121