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Famille verte teabolw and saucer: OC.32 & A-1936

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Famille verte teabolw and saucer

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain teabowl and saucer, painted predominantly in blue enamels with gilding. The saucer is decorated with a lady seated on a pierced rockwork chair with a high ledge rising behind, set with a gilt censer and a vase of peonies. A small boy is in the forground playing with a black and white spotted cat; all beanth a maple tree in a gilt fenced garden. The scene is enclosed within a medallion edged with gilt dragon and foliate scrolls reserved on a pale blue 'Y'-diaper ground.
The bowl with a similar scene on the exterior, and matching 'Y'-diaper band round the rim of the iterior with a peony at the centre

Legal notes

Reginald R. Cory Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.

Dating

Yongzheng (1723-1735)
Circa 1723 - Circa 1735

School or Style

famille rose

Components of the work

Saucer Diameter 13.5 cm Height 2.2 cm
Bowl Diameter 8.4 cm Height 4.3 cm

Materials used in production

Enamels
Gilt
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Enamelling : Hard-paste porcelain painted in bright enamel colours, pink, aubergine, green, yellow, turquoise, blue and black; gilt
Gilding

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.32 & A-1936
Primary reference Number: 77679

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 17 February 2025

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

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