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Maker: Unknown
Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in soft clear enamel tones of blue, iron-red, turquoise, aubergine and two greens with details in black and gilding with a seated maiden reading a book.
Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in soft clear enamel tones of blue, iron-red, turquoise, aubergine and two greens with details in black and gilding. The sides are shallow and well rounded with an outcurved rim slightly angled above the very low, tapered foot. The interior is decorated with a maiden reading a book seated on a rockwork platform, a tall rocky pedestal to her left supporting a gilt censer and an ornamental red table to her right with a vase containing a prunus branch. The palette includes an unusual rich olive-coloured enamel.
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards
Diameter: 15.8 cm
Height: 2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
-
Circa
1722
Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, iron-red, turquoise, aubergine, two greens and black enamels) gold
Accession number: C.37-1933
Primary reference Number: 74706
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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