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Bottle: OC.7A & B-1938

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Pair of long, slender, porcelain bottles. With gilt elephant's head and ring handles near the mouth. Decorated in blue and white, with two scenes, of three women in a garden.

Notes

History note: Lent to the Vice-Chancellor's Office, 1997

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938)

Dating

Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
1662 - 1722

Components of the work

Elephant Heads composed of gilt
Both The Same Diameter 10.2 cm Height 28.6 cm

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.7A & B-1938
Primary reference Number: 206802
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 16 September 2015 Updated: Wednesday 4 July 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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