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Unidentified Nevers factory
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Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese-purple. Circular with a wide almost flat rim and shallow well, standing on a footring pierced by two suspension holes. The front is painted overall with two Chinese figures by a balustrade in a landscape with a banana plant on the left, rocks, water, and pine trees, encircled by a narrow band and a broad band on the rim. The pine trees and the ground close to the figures are painted in manganese-purple.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 41 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Late 17th Century
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa
1670
-
1690
Dr Glaisher attributed this dish to Bayreuth. It was reattributed to Nevers by Bernard Rackham in his Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection, 1935.
Transitional Period (1620-1683, China)
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple) Surface composed of tin-glaze
Accession number: C.2309-1928
Primary reference Number: 73329
Old object number: 1484
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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