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Bowl: OC.7-1936

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, blue, yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine and black enamels with six lotus petal-shaped panels containing geese, a cat, Liu-hai and one of the Hehe Erxian among 'Hundred Antiques', insects on flowers, a monkey and a deer, and a gallant on horseback reserved on diaper grounds.

Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, blue, yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine and black enamels. The steeply rounded sides are resting on a high tapered foot and flared towards the lipped rim. The exterior is vividly painted with six large lotus petal-shaped panels edged in thin iron-red scrolls, enclosing geese on a river-bank, a cat looking up at tree-shrews on vine branches, Liu-hai and one of the Hehe Erxian among 'Hundred Antiques', insects on flowers, a monkey on the back of a deer and a gallant riding away from his sweetheart's house, divided by vignettes of birds and mythical animals round the rim; all reserved against a variety of diaper grounds and a peony scroll on a green stippled band round the base. The interior has a flower-shaped medallion showing a phoenix perched on a rock overlooking a pond surrounded by numerous birds; a broad cell-diaper border round the rim reserved with eight differently shaped vignettes of birds, flowers, sea-creatures and the three-legged toad.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Reginald R. Cory, 1934

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 33.7 cm
Height: 16.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, blue, yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine and black)

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, blue, yellow, two greens, turquoise, aubergine and black enamels
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: within double circles. See drawing on old catalogue slip

  • Text: square outline containing two signs
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Painted in underglaze blue
  • Type: Shop mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.7-1936
Primary reference Number: 77812
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 28 January 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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