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Chinese Lion
Factory: Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory (Uncertain)
Soft-paste porcelain Chinese lion sitting on its hind legs, glazed with a greenish tinge.
Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded and very heavy, with applied decoration. Clear glaze with a greenish tinge, unevenly applied, and with many black speckles on the base. The lion sits on its hind legs with its forepaws resting on a tree stump which is overlaid with applied stems of flowers and foliage. Its head faces the viewer, ears back and tongue protruding. The base is rectangular with cut corners.
History note: Sir Hercules Read; sold Sotheby's, 6 November 1928 (second day), Catalogue of the Varied and Extensive Collection of Works of Art, the Property of Sir Hercules Read, p. 18, lot 191; purchased for £22.10s. by Hant (or Hunt) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.5 cm
Length: 20.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, first half#
Circa
1700
CE
-
1750
CE
The lion was described as 'very early Mennecy' by Sir Hercules Read, and was later attributed to Saint-Cloud, but this too is uncertain. The base is similar to that of a Dog of Fo or Chinese lion in the Musée Adrien Dubouché at Limoges (ADL 1178; acquired 1881) tentatively attributed to Saint-Cloud. The lions are different, and could have formed a male (FM) and female (ALD) pair, but the provenance of the lion at Limoges is unknown before the Gasnault Collection, donated to the museum in 1881.
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, press-moulded and very heavy, with applied decoration. Clear glaze with a greenish tinge, unevenly applied, and with many black speckles on the base
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3200-1928
Primary reference Number: 82114
Old object number: 5117
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: O.11-1947
Accession Number: O.1-1908
Accession Number: T.10-1977
Accession Number: C.28 & A-1978
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