Cup with a mythological scene, Large cup of soft-paste porcelain (pâte tendre) with a cylindrical wall and C-shaped ear, painted on the glaze in black and gold. On the outside wall an octagonal section with a mythological representation belonging to the inscription 'LESPIA [?] NOURIASSANT L'AMOUR' on the bottom. The performance shows a woman kneeling in a landscape with a putto on her chest. An anchor behind her. The course interrupts two decorative bands with floral scrolls and garlands. Under that flowers. Above the foot, the rim and the ear are covered with gold., anonymous, Europe, c. 1775


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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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