A Chelsea mazarine blue-ground cup and saucer circa 1765

th cup decorated in gilding and tooled with a Chinese  figure within a rococo panel flanked with birds in branches, the saucer painted with a central spray of flowers

Cup- some losses to gilding, particularly to figure's hair, to several leaves and to rim. The saucer has to haircracks, approx. 2in. and 1in. The glazing is crazed with extensive staining. Some wear to the gilding, particularly to the rim.
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