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Cup: C.2359-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unidentified

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware cup with a split twig handle, painted in polychrome with a Chinese boy fishing and a Chinese man standing in a garden beside a small pavilion

Buff earthenware, with an applied handle, tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale green, dark bluish-green, yellow, manganese-purple, and black. The deep sided cup stands on a footring, and has a handle in the form of a curved twig dividing into two at the top. The twig and the rim are painted dark bluish-green and spotted with black. One side of the cup is decorated with a Chinese boy standing in a pond fishing with a net, flanked by small bushes. He wears a conical yellow hat, a pinkish-purple tunic and short breeches. On the other side, an older Chinese man is standing in a garden beside a pile of rocks and a small pavilion. He wears a similar hat, and a blue tunic over a longer yellow gown. On the base there is a dark green cross.

Notes

History note: F.W. Phillips of Hitchin from whom purchased on 20 March 1899 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Circa 1750 - 1775

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colour ( blue, pale green, dark bluish-green, yellow, manganese-pink, manganese-purple, and black)
Surface composed of tin-glaze
Rim Diameter 7.2 cm
Body

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: a cross
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in dark bluish-green
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2359-1928
Primary reference Number: 76728
Old object number: 973

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 27 May 2025

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

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