Maker: Unknown
Square inkwell with original liner and cover. Made from hard paste porcelain, with painted overglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding. Decorated with the 'three friends' (pine, prunus and bamboo) while the lid is decorated with a figure in a pavilion.
On loan from Douglas and Mary Barrett
Height: 8.1 cm
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1995) by Barrett, Douglas and Mary
Gilt
Enamel
Hard-paste porcelain
Accession number: BL.18 & A-1995
Primary reference Number: 140083
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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