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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Chinese Export Porcelain Sailor’s Farewell Cup and Dish,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Chinese Export Porcelain Sailor’s Farewell Cup and Dish

Medium

glazed porcelain

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • glazed porcelain

Techniques

  • glazed porcelain

Dimensions

Cup Height: 5 cm (1 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On bottom of saucer: [tan label] "saucer perfect;/teabowl 2 short/lines & line on/foot rim does/not go there." [silver and brown label] "Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe/Antiques/SPRING HILL, CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA/Chinese Export Porcelain/Circa 1760-1770." [round white sticker] "William & Gretchen Vaill Collection." [barcode sticker]
On bottom of cup: [white rectangle sticker] "150/2." [white round sticker] "William & Gretchen Viall Collection."
Inside cup: [yellow sticker] "24-JAN-12/Chinese Export/Sale 2528/Lot 45/4/Christie's."

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of William A. Viall III in memory of Gretchen Viall

Object Number

2016.102.14ab

About

Chinese Export Porcelain Sailor’s Farewell Cup and Dish

On bottom of saucer: [tan label] "saucer perfect;/teabowl 2 short/lines & line on/foot rim does/not go there." [silver and brown label] "Matthew & Elisabeth Sharpe/Antiques/SPRING HILL, CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA/Chinese Export Porcelain/Circa 1760-1770." [round white sticker] "William & Gretchen Vaill Collection." [barcode sticker]
On bottom of cup: [white rectangle sticker] "150/2." [white round sticker] "William & Gretchen Viall Collection."
Inside cup: [yellow sticker] "24-JAN-12/Chinese Export/Sale 2528/Lot 45/4/Christie's."

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Chinese Export Porcelain Sailor’s Farewell Cup and Dish with the accession number of 2016.102.14ab. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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