Current Location: In storage
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Bowl and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in dark underglaze blue and turquoise, green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine enamels with details in black with two dragons amongst 'flaming pearls' and cloud scrolls.
Bowl and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in dark underglaze blue and turquoise, green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine enamels with details in black. The bowl has flared, almost conical sides and rests on a high, very slightly tapered ring foot. The cover is of gently domed form with a ring-knop to match the footring, the underside of the rim is unglazed to rest on the bowl. Both pieces have lightly notched rims and exteriors vigorously painted with a continuous scene of two powerful dragons, one green and the other yellow, pursuing 'flaming pearls' in iron-red amongst clusters of multi-coloured cloud scrolls, above a sea of foaming, crested waves pencilled in underglaze blue. The interior is entirely plain.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory, 1934
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 20.6 cm
Height: 12.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1936)
by
Cory, Reginald R.
Dating
Production date:
circa
AD 1920
: Previously dated Yongzheng
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( dark underglaze blue and turquoise, green, yellow, iron-red and aubergine and black)
Materials used in production
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
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Identification numbers
Accession number: OC.13-1936
Primary reference Number: 99041
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
