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Cup and Saucer by Otto Piene — VisualArtsDB

Cup and Saucer

Cup and Saucer

1987

Medium: Glazed porcelain, gold paint
Dimensions: 12.4 x 12.5 x 8.6 cm (4 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Cup and Saucer manufactured by Rosenthal Porcelain Company, Germany. Cup: an hourglass shape, flared at the bottom and top, fluted and unpainted on the lower section, and smooth and painted gold on the exterior upper section. Handle with a sun motif is attached to the upper section, also painted gold. Saucer: white porcelain with raised area in the center, gold painted rim, and zig-zag edge.

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