Antique Japanese Hand Painted Dresden Floral & Gold Eggshell Demitasse Cup

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Antique Japanese Hand Painted Dresden Floral & Gold Eggshell Demitasse Cup
Nice antique Japanese eggshell porcelain relief molded Rococo floral scrollwork demitasse cup. Decorated with hand painted purple, yellow, orange and blue flowers in the Dresden style. With clouded gold gilding along the top, gold scrolls along the base, and gold highlights to the handle. Signed on the bottom in blue script. Probably late 19th or early 20th century based on the style of decoration.
Has some wear to the gilding, but otherwise good condition.
Measures approximately 3 1/8 inches wide including the handle x 2 1/4 inches tall.
This is an antique and may have small in manufacture defects that do not effect the display of the piece.
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