IDENTIFIERS
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id:	77863
accession number:	OC.9-1936

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 14 July 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Saucer dish.  Hard-paste porcelain of eggshell quality painted in pale washed tones of aubergine, iron-red, yellow, turquoise and green enamels outlined in sepia.  The shallow, rounded sides spring from a low tapered foot.  The interior has a slightly recessed centre which is very delicately painted with three butterflies hovering beside a red-berried bough with bright leaves of green and turquoise.  The branches extend over the rim onto the underside which is also decorated with two aubergine and pale yellow butterflies.  A pair with OC.10-1936.
object type: Saucer dish.  Hard-paste porcelain of eggshell quality painted in pale washed tones of aubergine, iron-red, yellow, turquoise and green enamels outlined in sepia with butterflies and red-berried boughs.
title:	saucer dish

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory, 1934

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77863


SUBJECTS
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butterfly
red-berried branch
butterfly
red-berried branch



TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: hard-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1723 - 1735
creation date earliest:	1723
creation date latest:	1735
culture:	Qing Dynasty
culture:	Yongzheng (1723-1735)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 15.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.1



CITATIONS
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Illustrated catalogue of Ch'ing enamelled wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Section 2
Later Chinese Porcelain The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
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