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Source Description
This cup and saucer are decorated with fanciful scenes of China, a dominant theme in French 18th-century art that reflects the fascination, fear, and awe of that country at the time. The chinoiserie decoration of this cup and saucer deals with the theme of raising a child. On the cup, a mother plays with a young child; on the border of the saucer, an older child plays on his own, with animals; the center of the saucer shows a father gesticulating before an adolescent son, perhaps teaching him a lesson.
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Document identity
localId
29587
label
Cup and Saucer
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
29587
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Cup and Saucer
description
This cup and saucer are decorated with fanciful scenes of China, a dominant theme in French 18th-century art that reflects the fascination, fear, and awe of that country at the time. The chinoiserie decoration of this cup and saucer deals with the theme of raising a child. On the cup, a mother plays with a young child; on the border of the saucer, an older child plays on his own, with animals; the center of the saucer shows a father gesticulating before an adolescent son, perhaps teaching him a lesson.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1783
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.8
height
5.7
depth
7.7
dimensionsRaw
Cup H: 2 5/16 × W: 2 1/4 × D with handles: 3 1/16 in. (5.8 × 5.7 × 7.7 cm); Saucer H: 1 1/8 × Diam: 5 in. (2.9 × 12.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] On saucer
in blue: Intertwined Lls
crown; [Date] On cup in gold and on saucer in blue: FF (1783) and L
med
hard paste porcelain with gilding and enamels
creator_ids
1916
collection_ids
EAN
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none
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