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Tankard

Porcelain cylindrical cup decorated with enameled image of ruins and a golden rim around the lip.
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  • Porcelain cylindrical cup decorated with enameled image of ruins and a golden rim around the lip.

Date:

c. 1785

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Tankard

Place

Jingdezhen (Object made in)

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Made 1780–1790

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

Inscriptions

Mark: script initials "RAC" in black

Dimensions

15.2 × 16.2 × 11.9 cm (6 × 6 3/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn

Reference Number

1958.227

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