Cup and saucer

Museum number:
9-226a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1053 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup and saucer, accession number 9-226a,b, described as Cup and saucer. “Canton enamel”. (a) Cup, rose interior, exterior painted with multicolored floral and foliage designs on yellow. (b) Saucer, ten lobed, center cut out; painted with same design and colors as cup; reverse plain rose. One lobe damaged and enamel chipped.

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