Fukien Box and Cover

China

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

  • Titles Fukien Box and Cover (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium porcelain, Dehua ware
  • Dimensions Overall: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Fariss Gambrill Lynn in memory of Henry Sharpe Lynn, 1996.12a-b
  • Work Type box with cover
  • Classification Containers

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C12-A Calcutta-style silver teacup, saucer, and teaspoon intricately decorated in regional designs: figures that are farming, collecting water from a stream, drawing water from a well. The cup has one atypical Calcutta design, a sailboat, and also depicts different animals, such as lions and buffaloes, set against palm trees, foliage, and structures. The matching teaspoon is engraved “BIH.” None of the pieces is hallmarked. See similar silver teacup, saucer by Oomersi Mawji, in Kutch section of this blog. Neither set has any insulator in the cup handle, thus making the cup impossible to hold when filled with a hot beverage.
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