19thC Ming Pattern Cup

This is a rare cup and saucer made by Herend around 1860. This is when they made their best stuff. It is one of the Herend Chinoiserie designs (copying Chinese and Japanese motives) called the Ming pattern which I think is one of their best. The set is superbly painted with a lady sitting on a bench with some nice vases by her side and three rabbits running around in front of her. The rim has a superb red and gold design to it. The cup has the same trim on the top inside and the outside footring which is also reticulated. The colors are thick enamels which is raised off the porcelain itself. Just amazing. The porcelain is super thin an delicate. Even underneath the saucer there are flowers painted in blue and green ones on the inside of the cup. The handle of the cup is in the shape of a small chinaman. Both pieces are unmarked which is only common on their early wares. The cup definitely never had a mark but the saucer bottom looks to have a small imperfection ground away in the center and their might have been a mark though I doubt that since it was ground just a tiny bit and very evenly. The set is in perfect condition with a small dent in the footring of the cup but that is from the making as there is a bit of paint on it. The cup is a bit over 1.625 inches tall and 2.625 inches in diameter. The saucer is 0.625 inches tall and 4 inches in diameter. Please email me for more information or other pictures.