Een porseleinen octogonale "trick cup", China, 17e/18e eeuw
A porcelain octagonal "trick cup", China, 17th/ 18th century
With an underglaze blue decoration of a floral and foliate border and the inner sphere decorated with scrolls. The exterior decorated like a lotus. The whole resting on three feet. When the cup is filled with water, a figure (float man) rises from the core of the cup, which is decorated with black.
Height ca. 3.5, diameter 7.5 cm.
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A porcelain octagonal "trick cup", China, 17th/ 18th century
With an underglaze blue decoration of a floral and foliate border and the inner sphere decorated with scrolls. The exterior decorated like a lotus. The whole resting on three feet. When the cup is filled with water, a figure (float man) rises from the core of the cup, which is decorated with black.
Height ca. 3.5, diameter 7.5 cm.
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