A stemcup with underglaze blue decoration of Lanca script and lotus in European silver mounting

Description:

China, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and period
H. 11,2 (14,1) cm
The cup is decorated to the exterior with lanca characters divided by lotus scrolls above a band of lotus lappets. The spreading foot is painted with flower-heads above jewelled tassels and ruyi-heads.The silver mount is marked.
From a South German private collection, collected in the 1980s - Visible are a very short and a longer hairline from mouth rim into the body