Cup and saucer with the Chinese story of Sima Guang

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain decorated with colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)

Dimensions

Height (cup .98): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diameter (saucer .99): 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain-Export

Culture

Chinese with Dutch decoration

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995

Accession Number

1995.268.98, .99

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