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Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with three Chinese figures, around a tilted table; inside border of red scallops. Pattern no. 157.
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, puce, dull red, and black enamels. The bowl is circular with deep curved sides, standing on a footring. On one side of the exterior there is a Chinese scene with one seated and two standing Chinese men. The one on the left holds a parasol, and the one on the right is standing beside a table with a potted plant on it. On each side there is a flowering plant. On the opposite side there is a group of fan-shaped plants on a small area of grass. In the bottom of the cup there is a puce bud and two leaves, and round the rim, a red line with a red scalloped line below it. Pattern no.157.
History note: Unknown before donor
Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009
Diameter: 8.2 cm
Diameter: 3¼ in
Height: 4.6 cm
Height: 1¾ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1785
-
1790
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, purple, red, and black)
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Hybrid hard-paste
Throwing
: Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, probably thrown, painted overglaze in blue, green, yellow, puce, dull red, and black enamels
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.19-2010
Primary reference Number: 176717
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: IV.B.4
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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