Cup and saucer in the Kakiemon style, Chantilly factory

An image of Cup/saucer/teaware. Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory. Both pieces are of a cusped quatrefoil plan with bases divided into four by channels radiating from a central depression. The cup has an angular handle with two projecting scrolls. The outside of the cup and the inside of the saucer are decorated with 'Quail Pattern'. Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, covered with white tin-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and black enamels in Kakiemon style. Height, cup, 5 cm, width, cup, 9.7 cm, height, saucer, 2.6 cm, width, saucer, 13.3 cm, circa 1730-1735. Kakiemon style. Production Note: The 'Quail Pattern' was one of the most popular Japanese Kakiemon style designs and was copied by many European factories. The cusped quatrefoil forms of the cup and saucer were copied from Meissen models of about 1730.

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Cup/saucer/teaware. Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory. Both pieces are of a cusped quatrefoil plan with bases divided into four by channels radiating from a central depression. The cup has an angular handle with two projecting scrolls. The outside of the cup and the inside of the saucer are decorated with 'Quail Pattern'. Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, covered with white tin-glaze, and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, and black enamels in Kakiemon style. Height, cup, 5 cm, width, cup, 9.7 cm, height, saucer, 2.6 cm, width, saucer, 13.3 cm, circa 1730-1735. Kakiemon style. Production Note: The 'Quail Pattern' was one of the most popular Japanese Kakiemon style designs and was copied by many European factories. The cusped quatrefoil forms of the cup and saucer were copied from Meissen models of about 1730.

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Accession Number: EC.42 & A-1942
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 379.59kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2009:07:17 10:22:12

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