This cup is of dodecagonal form with a rectangular handle. It is enamelled on the biscuit with panels of black tendrils on alternating green and yellow grounds, the narrow aubergine border with classical scrolls. The base is of petal shape.

Though of tea cup shape, this was probably originally used for Chinese rice wine. At this period the distinction between vessels for use in drinking wine and tea was blurred. Chinese wine pots were used in Europe for drinking tea.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 94

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 4 December 1951 (£30 with Ch102)

Location: Not on display