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Maker: Unknown
Square section bowl. Hard paste porcelain, thickly potted, and painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in red, pale red, green, and black enamels, and gold. Square with deep curving sides rising from a thick tapering square foot with a flat, glazed base. Slightly everted lip. Rim edged in pale brown. Decorated in the middle with a katobuki (good fortune) symbol, and below the rim in underglaze blue with scrolling fern punctuated with flowerheads. Two opposing outer sides are decorated with quatrefoil bracketed reserves with flowers and ferns, and the other opposing two sides with peach shaped reserves with peony sprays, all partly against a gilt and red scroll, and partly a green and black dotted ground with a red and gilt peony on each corner. A band of wavy blue "woodgrain" encircles the foot.
History note: Christies, London, from whom purchased by the donor in 1995
Given by Miss Irene Finch
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1998-10-12) by Finch, Irene, Miss
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1730
The assymetrical reserves suggest a date after 1730. The scrolled 'flowers' are close to the Han silverware type.
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, red, pale red, green, and black) gold
Accession number: C.24-1998
Primary reference Number: 28698
Irene Finch collection: 95/20
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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