Miniature Chinese 18C Encre de Cup & Saucer Rare Group People Near house Antique

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Condition Report: Overall Condition Perfect; Cup only has 1 firing flaw to body (it seems to be a line on the inside but is underglaze). Size; 72mm and cup 39 mm diameter

Lovely and rare encre de chine cup & Saucer with scene of a group of people close to a house and tree. The set is really small, miniature, saucer 71mm and cup 38 mm diameter

So far I haven’t found this scene in the books. I will keep doing research on them. We have 3 similar sets total listed in store.

‘Encre de Chine’

A dry brownish enamel decoration, probably cobalt oxide without the addition of any or with very little flux, making it very susceptible to wear. It occurs on Chinese export porcelain from at least the 1740s up until the 1760’s after which it appears to have gone out of fashion. By the end of the Qing dynasty this type of decoratio enjoyed a revival on art porcelain. Very few objects with this type of decoration remains, with its decoration still in good condition.