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Teabowl and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain, fluted, painted in iron-red, turquoise, yellow, aubergine, blue and black with two tones of green with phoenix, flowering trees and birds.
Teabowl and saucer. Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of iron-red, turquoise, yellow, aubergine, blue and black with two tones of green. It has fluted sides and a scalloped rim to resemble a chrysanthemum flower. The saucer has a central medallion enclosing a phoenix perched on rockwork among peony sprays, this is encircled round the sides by six radiating panels of various birds and waterfowl among flowering plants. The teabowl is similarly decorated with matching six panels round the exterior and a central peony spray within a narrow peony band round the interior of the rim.
History note: Described in the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue as purchased from Dickenson (no Dickenson label).
Diameter: 12.9 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
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Circa
1722
Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, turquoise, yellow, aubergine, blue, two tones of green and black)
Inscription present: Hua marks within double circles. See drawing on old catalogue slip.
Accession number: OC.16.1 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 77593
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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