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Maker: Unknown
Square flask painted in Kakiemon-style enamels, short cylindical gilt-metal replacement neck. Square with straight sides, the rounded shoulders shaped by their arched tops. Painted on three sides with two birds and a tree with various plants, including bamboo and another flowering shrub, along with a rock. On one side there are two cranes with a pine and flowering plants. On each side of the shoulder there is a flying bird between the formal sprays with red flowers which mark the four corners.
Given by Sir Harry and Lady Garner
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1973) by Garner, Harry, Sir and Lady
17th Century
1670
-
1690
Neck composed of gilt metal
Accession number: C.30-1973
Primary reference Number: 140205
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Flask" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140205 Accessed: 2023-02-03 05:12:42
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Accession Number: GR.7.1980
Accession Number: GR.8.1980
Accession Number: GR.6.1980
Accession Number: E.P.191
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