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Seated Guanyin on lotus with bird and vase
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Seated Guanyin on lotus with bird and vase. Porcelain, decorated overglaze with pink, blue, green, orange, black and white enamels, in the famille rose palette and gilt. The figure sits upright and cross-legged on a lotus flower and leaves, with an orange bird on her right and a green vase on her left. Her patterned, blue robe has gilt borders and her head is covered by a pink shawl.
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: 5.4 cm
Height: 12.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Fujian?
Decoration composed of enamels ( famille rose) gilt
Moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, decorated overglaze with polychrome enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt
Accession number: C.601-1991
Primary reference Number: 21666
Old object number: CHICER/181/2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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