IDENTIFIERS
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id:	318381
accession number:	M.4-2025

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 17 July 2025
updated:	Thursday 28 August 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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title:	reverse-painted glass

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Descendants of the Captain John Corner until at least 1879 (given the handwritten label on the back board); acquired by Martyn Gregory, London, by 2009; sold, Bonhams London, Fine Chinese Art, 15th May, lot 176, where acquired by Thomas Coulborn & Sons


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bought with the Gow Fund, 2025

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/318381





TECHNIQUES
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reverse-glass painting with oils and gold leaf highlights in ?original wooden frame
reverse-painting

CATEGORIES
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category: painted glass

DATING
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creation date:	1775 - 1775
creation date earliest:	1775
creation date latest:	1775
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Spoilum

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 26.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20.3



CITATIONS
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Paintings of the China Trade: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1780-19800, catalogue 85
Chinese reverse glass painting 1720-1820: an artistic meeting between China and the West
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