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Maker: Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of rich iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine, outlined in soft underglaze blue and decorated with a cock, a hen, three chicks with sprays of lilies and peonies behind rocks.
Chicken cup. Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of rich iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine, and outlined in soft underglaze blue. The small bowl is of slightly flared form resting on a countersunk base. The exterior is decorated with a cock, a hen and three chicks on each side, divided by sprays of lilies and peonies growing behind jagged ornamental rocks. There is a double line border in underglaze blue round the rim. The interior is entirely plain.
History note: Wilfrid Evill, inherited from him by Miss Honor Frost, from whom purchased by The National Art Collections Fund and bought by them from the Beatrice Nellie Stuart Fund
Purchased by the National Art Collections Fund from the Mrs Beatrice Nellie Stuart Bequest and given to the Fitzwilliam.
Height: 3.7 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1965-01-14) by National Art Collections Fund
Qing Dynasty
Circa
1662
CE
-
Circa
1722
CE
Decoration composed of painted underglaze ( blue) enamels ( iron-red, pale yellow, pale green and pale aubergine)
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine enamels outlined in underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.2-1965
Primary reference Number: 98855
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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