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KC1975-500
Teacup
KC1975-500

Teacup

Date1750-1752
Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)
MediumPorcelain, Soft-paste
DimensionsH: 2 3/4"; D: 3 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-29,1
DescriptionOctagonal, soft-paste porcelain teacup with the "Lady & Pavilion" pattern, resembling the Kakiemon prototype. The exterior is decorated with a woman in turquoise and red robes and a pavilion with curtains and tassels painted with red, yellow, blue and turquoise. There is a blue, flying bird and a bird cage. At the bottom of the interior of the cup is a single red flower.


Label TextAn oriental woman seated outside a garden structure is today generally referred to as the lady-and-pavilion pattern. It is probably an earlier rendition of the "lady pattern" referred to in the Chelsea 1755 catalog and the "old japan lady pattern" of the 1756 catalog, Kakiemon designs not known in Meissen. The original Japanese examples often depict the lady seated within rather than beside the pavilion or with a man standing beside her. The design was sometimes painted in Holland on pieces of previously undecorated oriental porcelain. It also appears on porcelain made at Bow, where in 1756 a "Japan octogon cup and saucer lady pattern" were borrowed, presumably for copying.

Raised anchor period: Anchor in relief on medallion applied to exterior bottom.
InscribedNo
MarkingsAnchor in relief on medallion applied to exterior bottom.
ProvenanceEx coll: M.G. Kaufman, Chicago
Exhibition(s)
KC1973-662
1750-1752
KC1973-662
1750-1752
KC1973-659
1750-1752
KC1973-677
1744-1749
KC1973-659
1750-1752
KC1973-727
1752-1758
KC1973-700
1750-1752
D2013-CMD. Cup and saucer 1986-109,6 and 1986-109,9
Ca.1750
KC1973-728
1752-1758