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Source Description

The chinoiserie, or pseudo-Chinese scenes, may have been painted on the gold ground by a Hausmaler, or independent decorator, working outside the Meissen porcelain factory on blank Meissen porcelain.

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Document identity
localId
35860
label
Teacup and Saucer with Chinoiserie
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35860
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Teacup and Saucer with Chinoiserie
description
The chinoiserie, or pseudo-Chinese scenes, may have been painted on the gold ground by a Hausmaler, or independent decorator, working outside the Meissen porcelain factory on blank Meissen porcelain.
provenance
Shandon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1740
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.7
height
13.2
dimensionsRaw
2 5/8 x 5 3/16 in. (6.7 x 13.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[cup and saucer] crossed swords in blue
med
hard paste porcelain
creator_ids
3100
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
57077ee9df9ab296