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Cup: C.13 & A-1929

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Current Location: In storage

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Teabowl and Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted in famille rose enamels, edged in gold, with flowers, prunus branches and vases.

Teabowl and Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted in a lustrous palette of pink, turquoise, blue, green, aubergine and sepia, edged in gold. The saucer has a scroll-edged octagonal medallion containing flowers, prunus branches and vases, reserved against a turquoise cracked-ice broder interspersed with pink lappets dotted with florettes. the teabowl has similar decoration.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.6 cm
Height: 4.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1929) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Circa 1723 - Circa 1750

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( famille rose)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13 & A-1929
Primary reference Number: 71752
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 March 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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

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