Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1740-1750 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 11.60 centimetres (saucer) Height: 3.60 centimetres (tea-cup)
Description:
Chinese porcelain tea cup and saucer, painted in Europe. The tea cup and saucer are painted with an armorial design in blue and red enamels of two overlapping coats of arms placed on top of a sprig of blossoming orange and topped with a red crown studded with pearls. Around the left shield is a collar of the Order of the Garter with the old French motto ‘HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (sic)’ (‘the shame be his who thinks ill of it’). Inside the cup is another sprig of blossoming orange.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The two shields contain the arms of Nassau and the royal arms of England (Howard, 1974, p. 797) and are those of William IV, Prince of Orange (1711-51), who became ruler of the Dutch Provinces in 1747 (see also BM Franks. 798+), and to his wife Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal of England and daughter of George II of England, whom he married in 1734. This set was made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, and decorated in Europe, possibly in Holland (Honey, 1977 [1932], p. 104, fig. 11 and p. 105). Chinese porcelain painted in Europe with armorial decoration is much less common than pieces painted with figurative or landscape scenes, but an identical tea cup and saucer are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (no. 3719-1901).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 11.60 centimetres (saucer) Height: 3.60 centimetres (tea-cup)
Description:
Chinese porcelain tea cup and saucer, painted in Europe. The tea cup and saucer are painted with an armorial design in blue and red enamels of two overlapping coats of arms placed on top of a sprig of blossoming orange and topped with a red crown studded with pearls. Around the left shield is a collar of the Order of the Garter with the old French motto ‘HONY SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (sic)’ (‘the shame be his who thinks ill of it’). Inside the cup is another sprig of blossoming orange.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:The two shields contain the arms of Nassau and the royal arms of England (Howard, 1974, p. 797) and are those of William IV, Prince of Orange (1711-51), who became ruler of the Dutch Provinces in 1747 (see also BM Franks. 798+), and to his wife Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal of England and daughter of George II of England, whom he married in 1734. This set was made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, and decorated in Europe, possibly in Holland (Honey, 1977 [1932], p. 104, fig. 11 and p. 105). Chinese porcelain painted in Europe with armorial decoration is much less common than pieces painted with figurative or landscape scenes, but an identical tea cup and saucer are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (no. 3719-1901).
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