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Bowl: OC.23-1936

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Hard-paste porcelain bowl decorated in enamel colours and gilding. The shallow, well rounded sides taper towards the small straight foot. The exterior is finely enamelled with two ovid cartouches edged in black pencilled scrolls, one enclosing a scene of two brown quail standing on a grassy bank beneath overhanging sprays of pink chrysanthemum growing from pierced rockwork. The other with a pair of songbirds perched on bare branches, issuing from an outcrop of angular rockwork flanked by peonies. Both cartouches are reserved against a ground of intricate lotus scrollwork in gilding. The interior is undecorated.
Mark: six character mark of Yongzheng, written horizontally within a double circle in underglaze blue.

Legal notes

Reginald R. Cory Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.3 cm
Height: 5 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

Materials used in production

Enamels
Gilding
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Enamelling
Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.23-1936
Primary reference Number: 77647

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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