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Teapot and cover: OC.45 & A-1938

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Hard-paste porcelain teapot and cover, with a squat globular body, painted in rich enamel colours. Decorated with three leaf shaped vignettes, each enclosing a cock standing amonst peonies, and a circular medallion of flowers and fruits encircling the base of the spout. All reserved on a pink cell-diaper ground beneath a pale green trellis band.
The edge of the domed cover has a pale green trellis band, and pink sprays of peony and camellia flank the conical knop.

Notes

History note: According to the Cunliffe Catalogue, this item was purchased 02/02/1918 at Dickenson (104 New Bond Street, London W1)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Measurements and weight

Height: 10 cm
Width: 15.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

Yongzheng (1723-1735)
1723 - 1735

School or Style

famille rose

Materials used in production

pink Ground colour
Enamel
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Enamelling

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.45 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 77729
T.43

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 27 November 2025

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

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