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Cup with saucer

Workshop

Capodimonte

Origin date

18th century

Origin place

Naples

Material

fritted porcelain

Technique

painted in colours over the glaze, applied decoration

Sizes

height: 7,5 cm
mouth diameter: 7,0 cm

Inventory No.

53.320.1-2

Description and further information

Conical cup with a gilt rim and footrim. The white glaze is decorated with relief mythological scenes, partly picked out in gold and green: Neptune in the Sea, the Abduction of Persephone, and the Judgement of Paris.

Provenance

San Marco gyűjtemény (62)