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Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain with a powder-blue ground and painted on the inside in famille verte enamels with a central rose sprig and diaper border encircling the rim reserved with four vignettes enclosing 'jewel' and 'lozenge' emblems.
Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain decorated underglaze with a powder-blue ground and painted in famille verte enamels. The steeply rounded sides, with a broad everted rim, rest on a high straight foot. The exterior has a mottled dark blue glaze deepening in tone beneath the rim. The interior is painted in famille verte enamels with a central iron-red sprig of rose; the rim is encircled by a multi-coloured diaper border incorporating flower-heads and yellow-ground wan motifs, reserved with four vignettes edged in turquoiose and aubergine enclosing alternating 'jewel' and 'lozenge' emblems, two of the Eight Precious Objects. The base has two concentric underglaze blue circles enclosing the mark.
History note: Uncertain before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Diameter: 18.2 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1929-05-31) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
-
Circa
1722
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( famille verte)
Ground
composed of
cobalt-blue
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain with an underglaze powder-blue ground and famille verte enamels
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: see drawing on old catalogue slip
Accession number: C.9-1929
Primary reference Number: 76368
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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