Cup and cover

Mounts by Affabel Partridge British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 964

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.

Cup and cover, Mounts by Affabel Partridge (British, active ca. 1551–1580), Porcelain, gilded silver, British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain

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Cup and cover, Mounts by Affabel Partridge (British, active ca. 1551–1580), Porcelain, gilded silver, British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain
Cup and cover, Mounts by Affabel Partridge (British, active ca. 1551–1580), Porcelain, gilded silver, British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain
Cup and cover, Mounts by Affabel Partridge (British, active ca. 1551–1580), Porcelain, gilded silver, British, London mounts and Chinese porcelain

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