Chocolate cup and saucer with dragons and phoenixes
Object type: Chocolate cup and saucer
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Meissen
Artist: Meissen Manufactory
Artist bio: German, 1710–present
Artist role: Manufactory
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1739
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain painted with colored enamels over transparent glaze
Dimensions: Height (cup .384): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm);
Diameter (saucer .385): 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
Tags: Phoenix|Dragons