Description:
Chinese export porcelain teacup decorated in the Famille rose palette of pink, purple, iron-red, blue, green, brown, black, and gilding with a continuous scene of Cape Town Harbor, Table Bay (3 miles long and 6 miles wide), and Table Mountain, South Africa. The Dutch, who founded Cape Town in 1652, made the port available to all; both inbound and outbound ships used it as a port of call, taking on provisions, making repairs, etc., while the passengers lodged ashore. There are four sailing ships flying Dutch flags moored in the bay and a longboat close to shore in the foreground; a range of buildings and trees along the shore including a garrison; and mountains (Table Mountain (Hoerikwaggo or Mountain of the Sea), Devil's Peak, Lion's Head and Lion's Rump or Signal Hill) roughly sketched in the background. This composition is known only with Dutch flags. The interior rim has a band of iron-red and black cell-diapers alternating with reserves of stylized gilt floral sprays.
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