Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted in enamels in Kakiemon style
Soft-paste porcelain vase, painted overglaze in blue, turuqoise, yellow, red, and black enamels, and gilt, after ajapanese Kakiemon original. The hexagonal vase is of ovoid shape, with convex shoulders, and straight neck. The sides are painted alternatively with ho-o birds among flowering foliage, and with peony plants. The shoulders are reserved with alternate quatrefoil panels of phoenix, and red flowerheads, on a ground of blue karakusa scrolls, and the neck has a red key fret border. A pair with C.1-1939.
History note: Sir Edmund Charles Nugent,Bart., West Hailing Hall, Norfolk, sold 26 April, 1929, The Nugent Hairlooms. The Property of the late Sir Edmund Chalres Nugent Bart, of West Hailing Hall, Norfolk,. Lot 170; bought for 16 guineas (presumably by C.H.B. Caldwell).
Given by C.H.B. Caldwell
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.9 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
Kakiemon vases of this type were copied at Meissen about 1730, but the exactness of the painting on this example and its pair indicates that they were copied directly from a Japanese Kakiemon example of about 1690. A Japanese pair is at Hampton Court Palace, along
Decoration composed of enamels ( turquoise, yellow, red, and black) cobalt-blue gold
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: EC.2-1939
Primary reference Number: 131129
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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