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Saucer: OC.30-1938

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Current Location: In storage

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Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted in black, aubergine, turquoise, white, yellow and two green enamels with flowering trees and rocks.

Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted in black, aubergine, turquoise, white, yellow and two green enamels. The shallow flared sides, with a lipped rim, are resting on a low tapered foot. The interior is boldly painted with a flowering white magnolia tree and sparays of olive-green and aubergine tree peony, all with trunks in aubergine and stems and leaves in bright green, growing behind a pierced rock in two tones of green stippled; all reserved against a lustrous black ground. The underside is decorated with three floral sprays in yellow, green and black on a pale turquoise-green ground. The base is white.

Notes

History note: According to the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue, purchased at Dickenson (no date given) for £100 together with T.112.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.2 cm
Height: 2.8 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 ( black, aubergine, turquoise, white, yellow and two greens)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: lotus flower within a double circle. See drawing in old catalogue slip

  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Painted in underglaze blue
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: T.111 L.D.C.
  • Location: Stuck on the base
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.30-1938
Primary reference Number: 77667

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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