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Factory: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain cup tin-glazed and painted in enamels in Kakiemon style with 'Quail pattern'.
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, red, yellow, and black enamels in Kakiemon style. Both pieces are of a cusped quatrefoil plan with bases divided into four by channels radiating from a central depression. The cup has an angular handle with two projecting scrolls. The outside of the cup and the inside of the saucer are decorated with 'Quail Pattern'.
History note: The Rev. G.A. Schneider; sold Sotheby's, 4 June 1942, Catalogue of European Ceramics and Glass comprising the interesting and extensive collection of the Rev. G.A. Schneider, p. 18, lot 84; Louis C.G. Clarke, MA
Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA
Method of acquisition: Given (1942-11-05) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Mid
Louis XV
Circa
1730
CE
-
1735
CE
The 'Quail Pattern' was one of the most popular Japanese Kakiemon style designs and was copied by many European factories. The cusped quatrefoil forms of the cup and saucer were copied from Meissen models of about 1730.
Both Pieces
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, red, and black)
soft-paste porcelain
tin-glaze
Saucer
Height 2.6 cm
Width 13.3 cm
Cup
Height 5 cm
Width 9.7 cm
Accession number: EC.42 & A-1942
Primary reference Number: 40247
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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