IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 140294 accession number: C.43A-1962 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: One of a pair of porcelain carp. The carp is painted in underglaze blue, pale red, green and black enamel and gilt. The carp leaps upwards, supported on its curling tail, which is set on a high rockwork base. The scales and fin are entirely coloured underglaze in blue and pale red enamel with light gilding and the open mouth is picked out in red and gold. The base is touchd with green and black title: porcelain LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Bequeathed by the Hon. Lady Ward STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140294 TECHNIQUES ---------- enamelling TECHNIQUES ---------- underglaze CATEGORIES ------ category: hard-paste porcelain DATING ------ culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 31.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 CITATIONS -------- Oriental Art (XXXVI no. 2) Annual Report of the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate for 1962 Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 ---