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Cup: OC.42 & A-1938

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Current Location: In storage

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Teabowl and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in green, aubergine, yellow, white and black with emblems reserved against a ground of spiralling, crested waves.

Teabowl and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in green, aubergine, yellow, white and black. Each piece has well-rounded sides and a flared lipped rim. The saucer has a central conch shell encircled by 'pearl', lozenge and musical stone emblems, all in yellow and dark aubergjne, reserved against a ground of spiralling waves pencilled in black with foaming white crests, strewn with florettes and applied with a rich emerald-green translucent enamel; the rim is encircled by waves breaking on either side of four jagged aubergine rocks. The teabowl has matching decoration.

Notes

History note: The Cunliffe Collection Catalogue records that the piece was purchased at Christies, 22.6.16, Lot 192, for £20

Legal notes

Leonard D. Cunliffe Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11 cm
Height: 4.6 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, aubergine, yellow, white and black)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: T.16 L.D.C.
  • Location: On the base of the saucer
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.42 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 77720

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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