TWO-HANDLED CUP

Creator(s): Imperial Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Russian Porcelain Room

About this object

Classical figures rendered in tooled gold on a dark cobalt blue ground decorate this cup. On the lid the figures of cupids, men, and women form a continuous scene broken only by branches, tree stumps, and other foliage. Two similar scenes appear on either side of the cup. On one side of the cup a warrior walking with a woman has his hand raised with an arrow ready to pierce her heart while Cupid walks beside her. On the opposite side of the cup a man and a woman are seated on a rock while another man approaching speaks to them. The cover has Cupid comforting a woman in one scene and Diana seated amongst her stags in the other.

Object name:

TWO-HANDLED CUP

Made from:

Hard-paste porcelain

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

Early 1790

Size:

8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

25.253.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK cipher of Catherine II in underglaze blue

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973