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Chinese Lady
Factory: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of a Chinese lady painted in blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple
Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue, green, yellow, brownish-orange, and manganese-purple. The slender woman stands with folded arms and her right hand tucked into her left sleeve. She has pale manganese-purple hair, and wears a long striped garment over which is a three-quarter length gown which is blue at the back and has a bluish-green skirt at the front, and voluminous sleeves with a pattern of wavy green and blue streaks and groups of brownish-orange spots. Below this is a brownish-orange garment, visible below the neckline which has a blue edge.
History note: Christie’s, London, 22 March 192, lot sold for 21 guineas to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 25.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1730
CE
This figure was probably derived from a Chinese blanc de chine figure, or from a painted figure on Chinese porcelain of the type known as a 'Long Eliza'
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple from metallic oxides)
Base
Width 8 cm
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
pale buff
Earthenware
Press-moulding
: Pale buff earthenware, press-moulded in two halves, and hollow inside, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, brownish-orange and manganese-purple high temperature colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2749-1928
Primary reference Number: 74016
Old object number: 3820
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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