Teabowl and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain, finely potted, painted in famille rose enamels, turquoise, blue, yellow, green, brown, black, rose.
The saucer is decorated with two scroll-shaped panels containing mountainous landscape and river scenes divided by two medallions of peony heads and a central medallion. With a dragon, reserved on a deep rose ground. The underside undecorated.
The teabowl is similarly decorated with two scroll panels containing a river landscape alternating with chrysanthemum heads reserved on a deep rose ground. The interior is white with a dog of fo in the centre.
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
After
1736
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Circa
1795
Decoration composed of enamels ( famille rose)
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain, finely potted, painted in famille rose enamels, turquoise, blue, yellow, green, brown, black, rose
Accession number: C.683.1 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21608
Old object number: CHICER/180(2)
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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