Cloisonné Cup With A Black Background, Decorated With Flowers And Foliage, Late 19th Century—china

A 1900 low-stemmed cup made of copper and cloisonné enamel, with a flared body and an inward-curving rim. The black background features a scroll pattern, a band of stylized turquoise clouds around the rim, and flowering branches with pink and white flowers and green and yellow foliage. The interior features a central medallion with a rosette of leaves on a light blue background.

The base bears, within a red square cartouche edged in blue on a black background with clouds, a mark in seal script reading Da Ming nian zao (made during the Great Ming). This is an apocryphal mark, commonly found on cloisonné pieces from the late Qing Dynasty in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Signs of wear and small areas of missing enamel along the rim.


H. 6 cm / Diam. 20 cm








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