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AN ENAMELED AND GILT CUP AND SAUCER AND A SMALL IRON-RED AND GILT SAUCER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cup and saucer is decorated with three female figures and a boy, with panels of ducks and birds. The saucer is decorated in gilt with a peony in the center, enclosed by a bianco-sopra-bianco floral border.
Cup and saucer 4 ¾ and 3 in. (12.1 and 7.6 cm.) diam.
Second saucer 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Provenance:
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
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