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Tea caddy: C.12-1996

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Hard-paste porcelain tea caddy painted underglaze in blue and gilt. Rectangular with straight sides, curved, slightly projecting shoulders, and cylindrical neck. The cover is missing. Decorated on the sides with a continuous landscape with Chinese buildings, fences, bridges, trees and rocks.
The shoulders are decorated with a wide border on all sides. There is one gilt band round the base, the edges of the shoulders and the junction of the neck and shoulders and two bands round the neck. On each shoulder there is a gilt rectangular panel containing two vertical rows of buds and leaves on either side of a gilt line.

The rim is worn and has one large and one small chip. The edges of the shoulder are worn and have two chips. The gilt band round the base is worn.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Muriel Elizabeth Webb

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.7 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1996) by Webb, M. E., Mrs

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Production date: circa AD 1800

Components of the work

Base Length 4 cm Width 8 cm

Materials used in production

Gilt
Underglaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Gilding
Underglaze

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.12-1996
Primary reference Number: 71610

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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