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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ROBERT AND MRS. PATRICIA JACOBSEN, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
A RARE PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUPS AND SAUCERS
18TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER CUPS AND SAUCERS
18TH CENTURY
Each cup and saucer is formed as six overlapping petals inlaid with various diaper patterns, those on the saucers radiating outwards from below the raised cup holder decorated in the center with a dragon roundel, while the exterior is decorated with six different blossoming stems.
Saucers 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam., cups 2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) diam., softwood box
18TH CENTURY
Each cup and saucer is formed as six overlapping petals inlaid with various diaper patterns, those on the saucers radiating outwards from below the raised cup holder decorated in the center with a dragon roundel, while the exterior is decorated with six different blossoming stems.
Saucers 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam., cups 2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) diam., softwood box
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 6 May 1981, lot 129.
Exhibited
On loan: Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1 December 2002-1 December 2003.
Brought to you by
Olivia Hamilton