CHINESE EXPORT MYTHOLOGICAL TEACUP AND SAUCERMade for the European market, c. 1780; porcelain. Both painted with a scene of Venus and Mercury, along with two doves; the saucer with an early Italian label.Dimensions: Saucer: 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm.)Provenance: For a saucer from this service in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Francois et Nicole Hervouet and Yves Bruneau, "La Poreclaine despagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental", Paris, 1986, p. 303, plate 13.49.