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Vase: C.27 & A-1933

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Baluster vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in green, yellow, iron-red and black enamels and underglaze blue with three boys among dense peony sprays.

Baluster vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in green, yellow, iron-red and black enamels and underglaze blue. The slender shouldered body is gently splayed towards the rough, unglazed base. The body is decorated with a dense continuous design of three boys wearing yellow aprons clambering amongst enormous sprays of peony; the stems and leaves are in vibrant underglaze blue bearing numerous green foliate scrolls; the blooms are in iron-red, yellow and pale underglaze blue. There is a border of stylised overlapping waves in iron-red and a collar of ruyi-heads in underglaze blue outline in red and green encircling the base of the neck, now removed and replaced with a loose porcelain lining ring.

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Valentine Richards Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.8 cm
Height: 16.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-04-05) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Circa 1644 - Circa 1700

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( green, yellow, iron-red and black) cobalt-blue ( underglaze)
Body composed of glaze

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, painted in green, yellow, iron-red and black enamels and underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.27 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 73923

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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