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Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue and two green enamels with details in black and gilding with a lady and gentleman on a bridge with five repeated scenes round the rim.
Dish. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue and two green enamels with details in black and gilding. The steeply rounded well is spirally carved with petals beneath the broad everted rim which has a barbed edge. The interior has a central circular medallion of a lady and a genleman holding fans, walking hand in hand across an ornamental bridge towards a garden pavilion; encircled round the well by sixteen detached floral sprigs alternately coloured green, iron-red and aubergine. The rim has five repeated scenes of a gentleman talking to a lady on a garden terrace with a balcony overlooking tall flowering sprays growing from pierced green rockwork. The underside has four of the Eight Precious Things - the Jewel, the Leaf, the Lozenge and Pair of Books - all tied with iron-red ribbons.
History note: According to the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue, purchased at Christies, 10.2.16, for £20.
Diameter: 36.8 cm
Height: 5.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
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Circa
1722
Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, yellow, aubergine, turquoise, blue, two green and black) gold
Inscription present: lozenge mark within a double circle. See drawing on old catalogue slip.
Accession number: OC.17-1938
Primary reference Number: 77609
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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