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Tea caddy with turned wooden cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in pink, green, turquoise, brown, purple and black enamels on a rose ground. Rectangular caddy with straight sides and flat, recessed base, and slightly tapering cylindrical neck. Decorated on either side with a branch of flowering prunus and a lotus branch. The rose ground is delicately tooled with cloud scrolls.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Diameter: 13.0 cm
Height: 18.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
Circa
1736
-
1795
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( famille rose)
Cover
composed of
wood (plant material)
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in pink, green, turquoise, brown, purple and black enamels on a rose ground
Inscription present: white, circular, serrated label
Inscription present: remains
Inscription present: faded square seal in red
Accession number: C.678.1 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21576
Old object number: CHICER/192
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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