Asian Ceramics

Cup and saucer

A Japanese porcelain cup and saucer, both polychrome decorated in Holland (so-called 'Amsterdams bont'), depicting a man and a woman and Arlequino: a scene from the 'Commedia del arte'. In the back a small village. The decoration on the border inspired by Chinese 'rui-heads'.

Japanse porcelain, decorated in Holland, probably in the city of Delft.

Made in ca 1700-1730, painted in ca 1730-1740.

Diameter: 11.5 cm

Depicted in: helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain. Jorge Welsh Books, 2005, number 773.