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Wine cup on high foot (Tazza)
Wine cup
Cup with cover
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This artwork is part of British Silver: The Wealth of a Nation
This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 521
The red-glazed ground of this cup was originally decorated with a finely-drawn gold decoration which has now largely worn off. This style of painting in gold on a colored ground was produced in China primarily for the Japanese market, where it was termed kinrande ("gold brocaded.") Queen Elizabeth I was presented with a similar mounted cup in 1582.
Inscription: scratched 9-10 8 9 IV TTMarking: [1] bird in shaped shield (maker's mark)
the Rt. Hon. Montague, first Lord Swaythling (until 1924) ; [ Christie's, London ; May 6, 1924, #115 ] ; William Randolph Hearst ; Irwin Untermyer (until 1968; to MMA)
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