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Saucer dish: C.10-1927

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Saucer dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, blue, green, turquoise,aubergine and black enamels with two boys and a lady on a balustraded terrace.

Saucer dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in a soft enamel palette of iron-red, yellow, blue, green, turquoise and aubergine with details in black. The shallow rounded sides are resting on a low tapered foot. The interior is decorated with an overall scene of two small boys looking laughingly up at a lady who is holding a small red-berried branch up to her head and is seated upon a rectangular green table beside a scroll and flower vase, on a terrace balustraded with bamboo. The base has two concentric circles in underglaze blue enclosing the mark.

Legal notes

Given by Reginald Cory, MA

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 27.3 cm
Height: 4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-04-10) by Cory, Reginald

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, yellow, blue, green, turquoise, aubergine and black enamels)

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, blue, green, turquoise, aubergine and black enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: artemesia leaf

  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Painted in underglaze blue
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: Bluett and Sons., 29-1-20, £30
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10-1927
Primary reference Number: 71153
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 September 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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