Cup and Saucer

Description In addition to having sprays of flowers painted in blue, these pieces are decorated with raised prunus blossoms. The molded decoration could have been inspired either by a Chinese prototype or by a Meissen copy of a Chinese ware.

Exhibitions

• Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2015-2016.

Provenance Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Inscriptions [Factory Mark] On cup and saucer: Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter on cup: e (1757); Letter on saucer: F (1758); [Decorator's Mark] On cup: F (Fontaine); On saucer: H and Y (Houry and Fouré)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters