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Maker: Unknown
Moulded hard-paste porcelain beaker and saucer, painted in enamel colours. Each piece is moulded as a mallow flower with incised veining on the petals.
The saucer is divided into six petal shaped lobes with six corresponding notches on the rim. There are three tiers of overlapping spirally moulded petals radiating from the centre and growing gradually larger towards the rim. Delicately painted overall with a scene of a bearded shepherd, watching over three sheep on a grassy bank in a rocky landscape, edged with russet coloured bracken.
A similar but rather more bodly painted scene on the tall, slightly flared beaker.
The painting technique suggests a European influence.
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.
Yongzheng (1723-1735)
1723
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1735
Beaker Diameter 13.3 cm Diameter 7.4 cm Height 2 cm Height 7 cm
Accession number: OC.38 & A-1936
Primary reference Number: 77699
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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