Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted in enamels in Kakiemon style
Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted overglaze in blue, turquoise, yellow, red, and black enamels, and gilt, after a Japanese Kakiemon original. The hexagonal vase is of ovoid shape, with convex shojlders and straight neck. The sides are painted alternately with ho-o birds among flowering foliage, and peony plants. the shoulders are reserved with alternate quatrefoil panels of phoenix, and red flowerheads, on a groujnd of blue karakusa scrolls, and the neck with a red key fret border. A pair with EC.2-1939
History note: Sir Edmund Charles Nugent, Bart., West Hailing Hall, Norfolk; sold 26 April 1929, The Nugent Heirlooms. The Property of the late Sir Edmund Charles Nugent Bartl, of West Hailing Hall, Norfolk, lot 70; bought for 16 guin
Given by C.H.B. Caldwell
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 1q5.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1939-02-01) by Caldwell, C.H.B.
18th Century, Mid
George II
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Circa
1753
CE
-
1755
CE
Vases of this type were copied at Meissen, about 1730, but the exactness of the painting of this example and its pair indicate that they were copied directly from a Japanese Kakiemon example of about 1690. A Japanese pair is at Hampton Court Palace, along with other variants, and the type is known as a 'Hampton Court Vase'. The shape was also copied at Worcester about 1770-75.
Deocration
composed of
enamel
( turquoise, yellow, red, and black)
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
gold
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: a red anchor
Accession number: EC.1-1939
Primary reference Number: 131127
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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