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Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted underglaze in blue with a Chinese scene and flowers.
Soft-paste porcelain bowl, painted underglaze in blue. The shallow circular bowl has rounded sides, and is supported on a low footring. It is painted with a pagoda in a fenced garden, a river landscape and a man in a sampan. On the interior is a central flower spray, the rim with a loop and arrowhead border.
History note: Part of Lot 129, Sotheby's, May 20th, 1926; bought on Dr Glaisher's behalf by Mr Hunt, with nos. 4899 and 4900, for 4 gns.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 13 cm
Height: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: number 17 and a cross
Accession number: C.3116-1928
Primary reference Number: 38315
Old object number: 4901, vol. 33
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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