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Libation cup and stand. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, aubergine, green, iron-red and black enamels with three chilong dragons and applied in high relief with a chilong dragon handle.
Libation cup and stand. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, aubergine, green, iron-red and black enamels. In the form of a rhinocerous horn cup, the trumpet-shaped body has widley flared sides of oval section. The exterior is boldly painted with three chilong dragons in aubergine, iron-red and yellow, clambering amongst flames, foliate scrolls and iron-red prunus flowerheads. Applied in high relief to form a handle on one side is a large yellow chilong dragon, its bifid tail is curled round the cup and its aubergine head is biting the rim with its front paws gripping hard to either side. The interior of the rim is encircled by a green overlapping wave border.
History note: Number T.82 in the Cunliffe Collection Catalogue, according to which the piece was purchaed at Christies, 15.7.18., for £60.
Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe
Diameter: 13.5 cm
Height: 8.6 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
( yellow, aubergine, green, iron-red and black)
Side
Accession number: OC.22 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 77642
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: OC.16-1946
Accession Number: C.20-1912
Accession Number: C.21-1912
Accession Number: O.13-1951
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