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Tea bowl and saucer

Vincennes Manufactory (France)

about 1750

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold

DimensionsCup: 7cm (2 3/4in.)
Saucer: 2.7 x 10.3 x 11.4cm (1 1/16 x 4 1/16 x 4 1/2in.)

Credit LineGift of Rita and Frits Markus

Accession number1980.617a-b

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1929, M. Jaubert, Paris [see note 1]. April, 1960, Paris, purchased by Rita and Frits Markus, New York and Chatham, MA; 1980, gift of Rita and Frits Markus to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1981)

Notes:
[1] See Pavillon de Marsan, Palais du Louvre, "La Porcelaine Française de 1673 à 1914," (exhibition catalogue) November - December, 1929, no 671, p.58.