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Bowl: C.682-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain painted in famille rose enamels, green, blue, rose, iron-red, yellow, brown and black. The small bowl has a slightly flaring rim tapering to a low foot with flat, recessed base. The outside has a fan-shaped panel containing two boys in a landscape, and a scroll panel containing two boys playing, one with a top, reserved on a millefleurs ground. The interior is undecorated.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.5 cm
Height: 5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
After 1736 - Circa 1795

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( famille rose)

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in famille rose enamels, green, blue, rose, iron-red, yellow, brown and black

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.682-1991
Primary reference Number: 21604
Old object number: CHICER/200
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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