Wine cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue
Measurements
44 mm (Height); 60 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581722.1
Summary
Small wine cup, porcelain, of tub shape with tall narrow foot, probably made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, 18th century; decorated in underglaze cobalt blue; finely painted with naturalistic studies of tree peony and other foliage with insects; the underside with a square seal mark in blue.See also NT 581818 for another in this pattern.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt