Physical description Mug made of porcelain, moulded to suggest the shape of bamboo, later decoration consists of flowers and butterflies on a ground of dots, painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. Place of Origin China (made) Paris (painted) Date 1736-1795 (made) 19th century (painted) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Porcelain, moulded, painted with overglaze enamels Dimensions Height: 12.6 cm, Diameter: 11.8 cm mouth, Diameter: 9.6 cm mouth, Diameter: 11.5 cm base, Diameter: 10 cm base Object history note According to registration records, the object was originally painted in China in famille rose enamels of which all trace has been removed. The present decoration was added in Paris in the 19th century. Descriptive line Mug, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period Materials Porcelain; Porcelain enamel Techniques Moulded; Painted Categories Porcelain; Drinking Collection East Asia Collection
Physical description Mug made of porcelain, moulded to suggest the shape of bamboo, later decoration consists of flowers and butterflies on a ground of dots, painted in three shades of green, red, yellow, manganese-purple, blue enamel and black. Place of Origin China (made) Paris (painted) Date 1736-1795 (made) 19th century (painted) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Porcelain, moulded, painted with overglaze enamels Dimensions Height: 12.6 cm, Diameter: 11.8 cm mouth, Diameter: 9.6 cm mouth, Diameter: 11.5 cm base, Diameter: 10 cm base Object history note According to registration records, the object was originally painted in China in famille rose enamels of which all trace has been removed. The present decoration was added in Paris in the 19th century. Descriptive line Mug, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period Materials Porcelain; Porcelain enamel Techniques Moulded; Painted Categories Porcelain; Drinking Collection East Asia Collection