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Factory: Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain wine cup painted in enamels of soft tone, one of a set of three. Thinly potted with flared sides springing from a slightly countersunk flat base. The exterior is delicately painted with a pair of pink breasted birds perched on the branch of a magnolia tree in blossom, flanked by a flowering pink and and lavender tree peony and a yellow single chrysanthemum. The interior is entirely undecorated.
Mark: six character mark of Yongzheng in underglaze blue.
History note: Unknown before testator
Reginald R. Cory Bequest
Diameter: 6 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.
Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Circa
1728
CE
-
1735
CE
Mark composed of underglaze
Accession number: OC.25-1936
Primary reference Number: 77652
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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