Paris, Empire Period, Restoration - 6 Ovoid Cups And Saucers - Nanking Porcelain Base

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Six cups and saucers
Painted hard porcelain, enhanced with gilding
Size : 
Paris, early 19th century

A superb suite of six porcelain cups and saucers with a nankin base, gilded fillets and palmettes in reserve. 

This colour is not so common in porcelain production, yet it was particularly popular in the early 19th century. The name, that of an Asian city, was originally the trade name for the cottons exported from there. The tone of these fabrics was so popular that Napoleon, for example, created an entire lounge in plane tree wood at the Château de Compiègne.

Condition report: perfect condition. En suite with a milk jug also for sale.