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Winepot: C.33 & A-1933

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Winepot and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, green aubergine, turquoise, blue and black enamels with emblems of the 'Hundred Antiques'.

Winepot and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, yellow, green aubergine, turquoise, blue and black enamels. Of lobed quatrefoil section, the upright sides are supported on four short feet and divided into four panels containing members of the 'Hundred Antiques'. The angled shoulders are also divided into four panels of pale green-ground yellow floral scrollwork reserved with Emblem vignettes. The tall curved spout is centred on a flower-vase and decorated with floral sprigs and the upright loop handle is painted in yellow and black to simulate bamboo. The short straight neck has a border of red scrolls repeated round the rim the the domed cover (A) has a conical knop.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by The Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.2 cm
Height: 18.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, yellow, green aubergine, turquoise, blue and black enamels)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.33 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 74559
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 June 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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