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Fine small Sèvres purple ground Chinoiserie cup and saucer (tasse litron et sa soucoupe.) The cup portrays a Chinese traveler being greeted in an extensive landscape near a pagoda. The saucer has two landscapes with Chinese personages and a butterfly in the well.
Crowned crossed “L” marks, no date or painter’s mark. (Probably by Dieu.) Height cup – 1.875" (4.76 cm.) Diameter saucer – 4.25" (10.8 cm.) |
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Height (ins.): 1.875 Length/Width (ins.): 4.25 | ||
Origin: France Period: Louis XVI | ||