IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 28736 accession number: C.38 & A-1998 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Hard-paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze with red, pale-red, violet, and green enamels, and gold in Imari style. Circular body with straight sides rising from a low tapered footring. Rounded overhead strap handle flaring at the lower ends, each of which has an applied with a chrysanthemum rosette. The short horseshoe-shaped spout projects from the base of the handle. The circular cover is slightly convex and has a small rounded knob, and an unglazed inner rim. The body is decorated on the one side with peony and foliage emerging from a red cloud scroll, and on the other with thistles and foliage emerging from a red cloud scroll. Below there is a border of narrow rectangular narrow petals. The top of the handle, the sides of the spout, and the shoulder are decorated with a band of floral scroll (tako karakusa). The edge of the spout is gilt. The lid is decorated with karakusa scroll between narrow blue lines, and the top of the knob is blue. Two firing spurs on the flat, glazed base of the pot. title: teapot NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss Irene Finch STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28736 SUBJECTS ------------------- chrysanthemum thistles foliage clouds chrysanthemum thistles foliage clouds CATEGORIES ------ category: porcelain category: hard-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 20.0 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Lost Century, Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720 - 1820 in Britain: Selective Catalogue CITATIONS -------- The Lost Century, Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720 - 1820 in Britain: Selective Catalogue --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_38_20_26_20A_1998_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_38_20_26_20A_1998_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels