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Maker: Unknown
Small hard-paste porcelain bowl. Thrown and painted onglaze in blue, turquoise, green, yellow, pink and red enamel-colours and gilt. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a footring. On the exterior are the Seven Jewels between borders of the Eight Buddhist Precious Things, alternating with shou characters. The interior depicts a central lotus motif and two narrow red bands round the rim. The rim is gilt, and gilt bands separate the zones of decoration on the exterior.
Mark: In red enamel on the base, in Mongolian Script: Baragon Tumed (West Wing of the Tumed Banner) within a square
History note: Malcolm Clarke. Part of a service made for the marriage of an imperial princess to a Mongolian prince of the Tumed Banner, circa 1842. Other pieces from the set can be found in a number of different museums
Bought from Peter Crabbe, using the Zoë Hadwen Fund.
Height: 4.1 cm
Width: 9.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1991) by Peter Crabbe Antiques
Daoguang Period (1821-1850)
Production date:
circa
AD 1842
Gilt
Enamel
Hard-paste porcelain
Inscription present: In red enamel on the base, in Mongolian Script, within a square
Accession number: C.392-1991
Primary reference Number: 74777
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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