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Cup
Cup, earthenware, standing on a spreading rounded waisted foot-rim, bowl-shaped body with curving sides, plain loop handle; transfer-printed in green with to the exterior sides of the bowl the 'Amoy' pattern, a small chinoiserie-style landscape with figures taking tea in the foreground, behind them are trees and a pagoda-like building, to one side of the scene across an expanse of water are buildings on islands, a scaled down version of the same scene to the interior bottom of the bowl, border to the interior sides of the bowl of garlands of foliage interspersed with flower heads, a running border of feathery foliage to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31706
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.5
diam
(cm): 7.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 12
Techniques
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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