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Bottle: C.59-1933

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

White hard-paste porcelain bottle, with lace work decoration, incised below glaze. The glaze has collected, forming greenish tracery.
Mark of Ch'ien Lung (Qianlong) in blue, no rings.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev A. V. Valentine-Richards

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.4 cm
Height: 19.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
1736 - 1795

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing
Incising

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.59-1933
Primary reference Number: 75596
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 July 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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