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Cup (from a set of eight)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a Cup (from a set of eight) by an unknown artist. The cup is orange with a white interior. The exterior has a design featuring blue and white swirling patterns and a blue ribbon tied around a white object on the front. The rim of the cup has a thin brown line around it. The cup is sitting on a plain off-white surface and background. The cup is bowl-shaped, wider at the top than at the bottom, and is shown from the front.

Artwork Details

Date
late 18th–first half of the 19th century
Medium
Porcelain with iron-red glaze, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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