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Water pot: OC.45-1936

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain water pot of glossy, eggshell quality, painted in enamel colours. The compressed ovoid body rests on a flat, slightly countersunk base and rises to a very short tapered rim encircling the wide mouth. The exterior is delicately painted with two flowering prunus branches, rising side by side from one spot near the base, overlapping each other and extending round the sides. The thorny boughs picked out in shaded tones of sepia dotted with opaque turquoise lichen. The flowers and buds are in varying tones of white, tinged with coral pink, with veined petals and stamen in yellow and pale blue.
Mark: Four character seal mark enamelled in blue with a double square: Jiao Wu An Zhi (made in the pavilion for the contemplation of one's failings)

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7.7 cm
Height: 4.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
1736 - 1795

School or Style

famille rose

Materials used in production

Enamels
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Enamelling

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Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.45-1936
Primary reference Number: 77730

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

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

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