BLUE NANKING CUP AND SAUCER
Chinese export porcelain in Nanking pattern. The blue and white cup and saucer has the characteristic pattern of a man on the bridge and the dagger border with gilt trim. Circa 1800 to 1840. Saucer measures 6 1/4 inches in diameter. Cup measures 3 7/8 inches in diameter. In good condition. Light wear to the gilt trim.
Nanking is distinguished from Canton as being a porcelain of higher quality and offers subtle differences in shapes and is more readily differentiated by finely executed patterns in the decorations themselves. Nanking is typically a slightly darker shade of blue and shows a more complex design incorporating people standing on a bridge. As discussed in the book "Chinese Export Porcelain" by Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, it is believed that Nanking may have been copied from the English Caughley transfer dishes dating almost twenty years earlier (1780's).
PRICE: $68