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Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain, finely potted, painted in famille rose enamels, turquoise, blue, yellow, green, brown, black, and 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. On the saucer is a crab, reserved on a deep rose ground. The underside is undecorated
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: 11.5 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
After
1736
-
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
Inscription present: circular white with three blue circles
Accession number: C.683.1A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21611
Old object number: CHICER/180(2)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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