Description:
Chinese export porcelain teacup and saucer decorated en grisaille (or encre de chine or ink color) and gilding with a seated man blowing a trumpet and a lady with a flower basket standing in front of him next to two straggly trees in the foreground, and a large harbor with ships and town along the shore in the background. Chinese enamelers developed ink-color decoration as a method of reproducing print images on porcelain for the western market. Dominated by black enamels and washes, ink-color decoration was first produced in the 1730s and remained popular throughout the 18th century. Often period documents refer to this decoration as "pencil'd," reflecting its use of fine brush strokes and black color.

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