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Bowl: JL.68-1984

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Circular hard-paste porcelain bowl, painted underglaze in blue. Deep sides and a lightly scalloped projecting rim, with a scalloped line round the rim, standing on a foot ring. On the exterior there are birds, flowering plants and landscape. Two horizontal blue bands round foot. On the inside in the middle, is a bird on a rock within a circle. On the sides, there are two sprays and two smal circles.

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by Mr and Mrs Rogery Jenyns

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.9 cm
Height: 9.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1984) by Jenyns, Roger, Mr and Mrs

Dating

17th Century#
1600 - 1699

Materials used in production

Underglaze colour
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Underglaze

Identification numbers

Accession number: JL.68-1984
Primary reference Number: 140540
Jenyns no.: 746
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 September 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

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