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Saucer dish: OC.16-1936

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain saucer dish painted in enamel colours and gilding. The shallow flared sides gently angled above the low tapered foot. The interior is finely enamelled with two ladies beside a narrow wooden desk, one standing holding a fan and looking down at the other seated on an elaborate chair, holding a brush and contemplating a brown leaf. A blue and yellow stool is to one side, and a high gilded table to the other, set with gilt objects.
Mark: Six character mark of Yongzheng written horizontally within a double circle in underglaze blue, painted on the reverse.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20 cm
Height: 2.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.

Dating

Yongzheng (1723-1735)
1723 - 1735

School or Style

famille rose

Components of the work

Mark composed of underglaze ( blue)

Materials used in production

Enamels
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Painting
Enamelling
Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.16-1936
Primary reference Number: 77596
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024 Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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