Chinese Tea Cup Set (6) with Cherry Blossom Motif

Pink plum blossoms climb the cups lined up in their orange bed.

This porcelain tea cup set of six with a cherry blossom motif is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Porcelain is a hard, white, translucent ceramic fired at high temperature from kaolin and a feldspar-rich stone, and China has made it for well over a thousand years. Gold-colored presentation box with a stack of small white bowls, each painted with branching blossoms in pink and blue. They nestle in bright orange lining, and columns of calligraphy run down the outer panel.

Neat as a row of spring mornings.