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Jar: OC.10 & A-1938

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Jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, iron-red, green yellow, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels with two birds in flight above roses, and flowering tree peony, lily, prunus and rocks.

Jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, iron-red, green yellow, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels. The ovoid body is painted with a cluster of flowering tree peony in blue and iron-red, prunus and lily growing round an outcrop of patchwork-like rockwork in green, blue and aubergine; there are two birds on the reverse in flight above iron-red roses growing round a smaller ornamental rock. There is a honeycomb border in underglaze blue round the base and a pale green-ground band of yellow and aubergine lotus meander round the shoulders. The domed cover has a central flowerhead encircled by a florette-diaper band reserved with lozenge and 'pearl' vignettes.

Notes

History note: According to the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue, purchased at Dickenson, 16.6.18.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 20.9 cm
Height: 27.2 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 ( iron-red, green, yellow, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black)
Ground composed of cobalt-blue

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron-red, green, yellow, turquoise, aubergine, blue and black enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: T. 70 L.D.C. Dickenson
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.10 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 99077

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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