Description:
Chinese export porcelain molded coffee cup decorated with applied flowers and vines. David Howard notes that this type of decoration would have been expensive to produce, but was in fashion. The technique was used principally on export ware between 1730 and 1745.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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