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Brush pot: OC.19-1938

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Current Location: In storage

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Brush pot. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in green, turquoise, aubergine, yellow, black and opaque blue enamels with a continuous scene of figures in a rocky landscape.

Brush pot. Hard-paste porcelain delicately painted on the biscuit in green, turquoise, aubergine, yellow, black and opaque blue enamels. The cylindrical sides are decorated with a continuous scene of an official carrying a tasselled banner and making a dismissive gesture at an official, who is flanked by two attendants, one holding a yellow belt and the other a heap of clothing. They are standing in a rocky landscape with two goats to one side near a grove of trees growing from jagged rockwork. The biscuit surface is applied overall with a thin translucent glaze. The interior is glazed in white and the base has a small glazed recessed centre surrounded by a wide unglazed circle within a glazed band round the rim.

Notes

History note: Described in the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue as purchased from Dickenson for £20

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 17.8 cm
Height: 15.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( green, turquoise, aubergine, yellow, black and opaque blue)

Materials used in production

except for the base round the small, recessed centre Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain delicately painted on the biscuit in green, turquoise, aubergine, yellow, black and opaque blue enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: T.113 L.D.C. Dickenson, 104 New Bond St., London W.1.
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.19-1938
Primary reference Number: 77627
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 11 December 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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