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Chinoiserie silver tea bowl with ho-ho birds

Image attached to M/P.1-1944

An image of Tea Cup/Bowl. GS, silversmith, London. Maker's mark not attributed. Small hemi-spherical bowl on low reeded collet foot, in the shape of a Chinese tea bowl; the sides flat chased with scrolling foliage and hoho birds. Silver, raised and with flat chasing height, overall, 4.1 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, weight, whole, 46 g, 1683- 1684. Chinoiserie.

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Tea Cup/Bowl. GS, silversmith, London. Maker's mark not attributed. Small hemi-spherical bowl on low reeded collet foot, in the shape of a Chinese tea bowl; the sides flat chased with scrolling foliage and hoho birds. Silver, raised and with flat chasing height, overall, 4.1 cm, diameter, rim, 8.2 cm, weight, whole, 46 g, 1683- 1684. Chinoiserie.

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  • Accession Number: M/P.1-1944
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 766 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 111.98kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 45/1

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rgb(117,105,88), rgb(172,159,140), rgb(229,229,227), rgb(201,191,175), rgb(125,116,116), rgb(196,196,196), rgb(164,164,164), rgb(204,195,196), rgb(116,112,116), rgb(173,164,164), rgb(196,156,108)

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