Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1790-1800 (circa)
Materials:pottery
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 26.70 centimetres Height: 37.50 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ loving cup and cover of European shape. The large cup rests on a tall stem and has two curved handles and a cover with curved knob. It is painted on either side with a burning brazier with rams’ heads and feet and a curling snake between its three legs. The handles and knob of the cover have red-painted leaf terminals moulded in relief, and both cup and cover have moulded scalloped petal borders painted in purple and red with details in gold. A thin border of bamboo and flowers in ‘famille rose’ enamels is painted on the cover and on the stem.
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![图片[1]-urn; lid BM-Franks.624.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00357434_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-urn; lid BM-Franks.624.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00357432_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-urn; lid BM-Franks.624.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_00299068_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 1994:Such large double-handled cups are called ‘loving cups’ and were passed round at banquets for communal drinking. The form of the brazier depicted on this cup originates in classical antiquity. Another ‘loving cup’ of this form, perhaps made from the same mould, but with differently shaped handles and different decoration, is in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. I, pl. 577).
Materials:pottery
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 26.70 centimetres Height: 37.50 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ loving cup and cover of European shape. The large cup rests on a tall stem and has two curved handles and a cover with curved knob. It is painted on either side with a burning brazier with rams’ heads and feet and a curling snake between its three legs. The handles and knob of the cover have red-painted leaf terminals moulded in relief, and both cup and cover have moulded scalloped petal borders painted in purple and red with details in gold. A thin border of bamboo and flowers in ‘famille rose’ enamels is painted on the cover and on the stem.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 1994:Such large double-handled cups are called ‘loving cups’ and were passed round at banquets for communal drinking. The form of the brazier depicted on this cup originates in classical antiquity. Another ‘loving cup’ of this form, perhaps made from the same mould, but with differently shaped handles and different decoration, is in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. I, pl. 577).
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