Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Hexagonal covered vase, soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted overglaze in polychrome enamels in Kakiemon style and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain vase and cover, thickly potted, and painted overglaze in red, yellow, green, blue, and turquoise enamels, and gilt. The hexagonal ovoid vase has a straight neck, and stands on a flat, unglazed base. The domed cover has a quartered bun knop. The sides are painted with panels of turquoise karakusa scrolls with a central chrysanthemum on a red ground, alternating with panels of flowering pine, prunus and bamboo. The cover is similarly painted and banded in brown. A pair with C.51 & A-1930
History note: The Right Hon. Frederick Leverton Harris (d. 1926); Mrs Leverton Harris
Given by Mrs Leverton Harris
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Harris, Frederick Leverton, Mrs
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1753
CE
-
Circa
1754
CE
Vases of this shape are often referred to as Hampton Court vases. They were made in at least three patterns at Chelsea. They may have been copied direct from Japanese Kakiemon originals from Arita, examples of which were in Queen Mary's collection at Hampton Court and Kensington Palace, or from Meissen copies of the 1730s. The pine, prunus and bamboo represent the Three Friends of Winter in Chinese scholarly tradition.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( red, yellow, green, blue, and turquoise)
cobalt-blue
gold
Whole Over Cover
Height 32 cm
Whole Vase
Width 16 cm
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.52 & A-1930
Primary reference Number: 118402
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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