A Porcelain Cup

EUROPEAN, POSSIBLY ITALIAN (1750S)

Details

A Porcelain Cup
European, Possibly Italian (1750s)
Cylindrical, set on a raised ring foot and with curved lip, painted in Kakiemon-style polychrome enamels over clear glaze with stands of flowers above three narrow red lines, foot rim unglazed
3.1/8in. (7.8cm.) high; 3.1/8in. (7.8cm.) diameter

Provenance

Richard W. Weatherhead

Sale room notice

Arita ware, Edo period (late 17th century)

Lot Essay

European porcelain specialists have suggested that this cup may be Italian. On the other hand, a very similar example in the Ashmolean Museum was published as early Arita enamelled ware, circa 1660 (see Ashmolean Museum and Sotheby Parke Bernet, eds., Eastern Ceramics and other works of art from the collection of Gerald Reitlinger, exh. cat. [London: Philip Wilson Publishers, Ltd., 1981], fig. 151).

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