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Chocolate cup, multicolored painted with water landscapes in cut-out quatrefoils on an orange-red ground
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Chocolate cup, multicolored painted with water landscapes in cut-out quatrefoils on an orange-red ground

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur · c. 1735 · painting technique; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Chocolate cup of painted porcelain. The cup is covered with an orange-red ground, with acanthus-shaped quatrefoils cut out containing (water) landscapes with European figures, sometimes at balls and ships. The cup is marked and belongs to a tea and chocolate service (BK-17402-A to BK-17402-X).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineChocoladekop, veelkleurig beschilderd met waterlandschappen in uitgespaarde vierpassen in een oranjerode fond. c. 1735. Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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