Nippon Hand Painted Pink Rose Purple Floral Heavy Beaded Gold Tea Cup & Saucer C. Nice antique Japanese porcelain tea cup and saucer. The cup is decorated on the outside with dark pink roses. Decorated on the inside of the cup and on the saucer with hand painted pink and yellow roses and blue flowers over a heavy gold background. With hand painted dark and light pink roses over white and crimson red cartouches with gold scrolls and framed in gold beading alternating with hand painted purple flowers over a white cartouches with gold scrolls framed in gold beading. Probably made during the Nippon era of Japanese porcelain. Circa 1891 to 1921. Has some wear to the gilding, but otherwise good condition. No chips or cracks. The cup measures approximately 5 inches wide including the handle x 2 inches tall. The saucer measures approximately 5 1/2 inches wide. This is an antique and may have small in manufacture defects that do not affect the display of the piece.