WINTER EXHIBITION 2008 - Roger Keverne

90 ROGER KEVERNE WINTER 2008
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A rare cloisonné enamel cup and saucer
Late 18th century
Diameter of saucer: 5G in, 13.7 cm
the cup is of everted bell shape and stands
on a very slightly flaring foot; the interior
and rim are gilt. Two flat, fish-shaped
handles are set on the sides. The saucer has
curving sides and a flat rim and is supported
on a broad foot ring. The sides of the cup
and interior and underside of the saucer are
decorated with scrolling lotus in coloured
enamels on a white ground. Classic scrolls
on a lapis-blue ground decorate both feet.
The rims of the saucer are gilt.
Formerly in a European private collection.
See Metal-bodied Enamel Ware: The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, nos. 204–5, pp. 214–15,
for painted enamel cups and saucers of
similar form.
A cupstand with very similar decoration is
illustrated in Zhu, Ming Qing Guwan
Zhenshang, p. 160.