Thursday 6 January 2011

Chinese coffee cup

Chinese 18th century porcelain  coffee cup, of the Qianlong period 1736 - 1795.  Painted in grisaille with European decoration, the European style figures probably taken from an earlier engraving.
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  1. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 13:41

    A beautiful object an it looks in amazingly good condition considering what it was used for !

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