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Beaker. Hard-paste porcelain painted in famille rose enamel palette of blue, yellow, green, rose, turquoise, iron-red, and black.
The beaker has tall, straight sides tapering into a high footrim with flat, recessed, unglazed base. It is decorated with two scholars in a rocky landscape with tree and shrubs, and two bats flying overhead.
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: 7.5 cm
Height: 9.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
After
1736
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Circa
1916
Decoration composed of enamels ( famille rose)
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in famille rose enamel palette of blue, yellow, green, rose, turquoise, iron-red, black
Accession number: C.681-1991
Primary reference Number: 21601
Old object number: CHICER/201
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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