Sold Ceramics - Sold Batavia Brown (Capucin wares) 1700-1800 - Tea, Coffee and Chocolate wares -
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Object 2010412
Teacup and saucer
China
1720-1730
Height of teacup 37 mm (1.46 inch), diameter of rim 75 mm (2.95 inch), diameter of footring 36 mm (1.42 inch)
Height of saucer 21 mm (0.83 inch), diameter of rim 106 mm (4.17 inch), diameter of footring 62 mm (2.44 inch)
Teacup and saucer on footrings, slightly everted rims. Batavia Brown covered with underglaze dark brown and underglaze-blue with a fisherman in a riverscape, within a border of blue-washed flowers.
Among the ceramic cargo of the Ca Mau shipwreck (1725) almost identical shaped and decorated teacups and saucers with the so-called 'Fisherman and boats passing' pattern were found. (Amsterdam 2007, pp.30-31)
Condition:
Teacup: A small firing flaw to the rim, a shallow frit and a shallow chip to the footring.
Saucer: Perfect.
References:
Price: Sold.
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