Cup and Saucer (tasse litron)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This cup shows cameos of the three Mysore ambassadors based on a gouache by Charles Eloi Asselin, and its saucer features hookahs and turbans. Unlike the gifts Sèvres produced for the Mysore embassy, items made for the French market were not subject to the religious proscription against figurative images. At least four versions of these cups and saucers were produced, three of which were acquired by members of the court.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cup and Saucer (tasse litron)
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Artist: Decorated by Nicolas Pierre Pithou the Younger (active 1763–67, 1769–95, 1814–18) and
- Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Nicolas Noualhier (active 1779–82, 1786–91)
- Date: 1788
- Culture: French
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Cup: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Saucer: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) - Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Musée Carnavalet—Histoire de Paris, Gift of Edouard Dutey-Harispe (C1465)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts