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Bowl: C.29-1985

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Circular hard-paste porcelain bowl, with deep sides and everted rim, standing on a foot ring. Decorated inside underglaze in blue and outside in underglaze 'cafe-au-lait' wheel cut out with birds, insects and plants. The wheel cutting is European or Indo-Persian

Two cracks extending downwards from the rim, several small chips in the rim, and one chip in the foot rim.

Legal notes

Bought from Gabor Cossa (Joan Eve), using the Turner Fund

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height: 7.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1984) by Cossa, Gabor

Dating

Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
1662 - 1772

Materials used in production

Underglaze colour
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Underglaze

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.29-1985
Primary reference Number: 74210
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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