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Teapot in the shape of bamboo canes: C.9 & A-1962

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Current Location: In storage

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teapot in the shape of bamboo canes

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Bamboo Teapot and Cover. Hard-paste porcelain enamelled on the biscuit in aubergine, turquoise, yellow, black and two tones of green with floral sprigs and grasses.

Bamboo Teapot and Cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted on the biscuit in an enamel palette of aubergine, turquoise, yellow, black and two tones of green. The upright sides are moulded in the form of eleven bamboo canes, alternately coloured yellow, turquoise, aubergine and two tones of green; each is decorated with floral sprigs and grasses arranged one above the other and picked out in emerald-green and white with black details. The loop handle is set opposite the curved urpright spout, and both are modelled as bamboo canes and enamelled in black with stipppled green ridges. The flat top is encircled round the rim by a zig-zag border pencilled in black on green; the centre is cut away in the form of a flower to accomodate the flat cover of matching shape, which is decorated with white and yellow prunus flowerheads on a stippled green ground and centred with a green twisted bamboo knop.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 15.2 cm
Height: 11.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1962-10-18) by Ward, The Hon Lady

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( aubergine, turquoise, yellow, black and two tones of green)
Sides
Spout And Handle

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Location: On the interior of the base and the underside of the cover
  • Method of creation: Painted in aubergine enamel
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 'J.W.'.
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.9 & A-1962
Primary reference Number: 76322
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 28 October 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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