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Plate: C.2349-1928

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Tin-glazed earthenware plated painted in manganese-purple with a bird, a Chinese boy holding a vase, and a flowering tree

Pinkish-buff earthenware tin-glazed overall and painted in manganese purple. The glaze is uneven and streaked on the reverse, and the body shows through it. The plate has a twelve-sided edge, a sloping rim, and a flat well. It is painted on the flat area with a bird, and a Chinese boy holding a vase standing beside a contorted flowering tree. On the sloping rim there are six detached leaf sprays, and below the edge, a scalloped line with six pendant bunches of leaves.

Notes

History note: Monsieur Dussault-Pommereuil, 31, rue Froide, Caen, from whom purchased for 6 francs, on March 31, 1894 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23 cm
Height: 2.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
Irca 1750 - 1775

School or Style

Chinoiserie

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high temperature colour ( dark purple from manganese oxide)
Surface composed of tin-glaze ( overall)

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed overall, and painted in manganese-purple
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2349-1928
Primary reference Number: 73388
Old object number: 381

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 27 May 2025

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

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