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Cup and saucer

Cup and saucer
 (c. 1775)

Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
 

About this work

The green scale pattern on this cup and saucer imitates a palette of decoration on contemporaneous Chinese porcelains that were imported into Europe. These imported works were known as famille verte, or ‘green family’, in which the green glaze colour dominates.

Artwork Details

Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)
Measurements
(a-b) 7.9 × 12.7 cm diameter (overall)
Place/s of Execution
Venice, Italy
Inscription
(a) painted (vertically) in red on base c.: (anchor)
incised (vertically) on base c.r.: 4
(b) painted in red on base c.: (anchor)
Accession Number
2024.519.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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