Tea Cup (c. 1730): Art, History and Details

Tea Cup (c. 1730) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The pieces composing this individual tea set are entirely typical of Chantilly soft-paste porcelain in the Kakiemon style. Both the form and decoration of these pieces were inspired by Japanese prototypes. The use of knobs in the form of trumpet-shaped blossoms is characteristic of Chantilly wares.

Object facts

• Title: Tea Cup
• Date: c. 1730
• Creator attribution: Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French)
• Culture: France, Chantilly
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: soft-paste porcelain
• Dimensions: Overall: 5.5 x 7.2 cm (2 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1944.228.4

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

View the collection record

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