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Cup and saucer, porcelain decorated with a figure on a ladder, Chinese, dated 1756.
Painted on both the cup and the saucer is a rococo scrolled device with flowers incorporating an indecipherable circular monogram under which is inscribed the date 1756. To the left below, a European on a ladder is apparently laying bricks; surrounding this design on the saucer and the reverse side of the cup is a fanciful scrollwork basket in black and gold in which a pair of cornucopia and a ca…
Subject
- Porcelain; Household objects; Drinking
Type of item
- Cup; Saucer
Date
- 1756
- 1756
Subject
- Porcelain; Household objects; Drinking
Type of item
- Cup; Saucer
Date
- 1756
- 1756
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Places
- Jingdezhen
Identifier
- O77040
Year
- 1756
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-12T14:28:13.840Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-26T14:19:09.127Z