Cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
1695 - 1720
Materials
porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue, iron-red enamel, gold
Place of origin
Arita
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581679
Summary
Partial set of five cups and three saucers, porcelain, made in Arita, Japan, c.1695-1720; decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, iron-red enamel and gold, the sides with four stylised peony beneath a rim band of confronting snake-like dragons chasing a flaming pearl.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt