Current Location: In storage
Titles
Brinjal Bowl
Maker(s)
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain, finely potted, incised, and painted in yellow, aubergine, and green enamels, except for the interior of the footring, and the base, which is painted underglaze in blue. Circular with gently curving sides, standing on a footring. The interior is decorated with a central incised circle, within which is an incised ling-chih fungus painted in yellow and aubergine. The rest of the interior is green. On the exterior there are three highly stylized incised flowering sprays painted in yellow and aubergine, and having white areas where the body shows through the clear glaze. The rest of the exterior is green. On the base there are two underglaze blue concentric circles enclosing a square mark with a line coiling inside it.
Notes
History note: Franzero Collection; Sir Gordon Sutherland Sc.D, LL D., FRS (1907-80), by whom lent to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1977; Lady Sutherland (d. )
Legal notes
Given in memory of Sir Gordon and Lady Sutherland by their daughters, Ann, Kerstin, and Mary
Measurements and weight
Height: 6.6 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2003-06-09)
by
Harris, Ann
Stempel, Kerstin
Sutherland, Mary
Dating
Reign of Kangxi
Circa
1662
-
1722
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( yellow, aubergine, and green)
Rim
Diameter 20.9 cm
Footring
Diameter 7 cm
Materials used in production
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain, finely potted, incised, and painted in yellow, aubergine, and green enamels, except for the interior of the footring, and the base, which is painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper label printed in black with a circle, outside which is the collection name; the dots are raised half way up
- Text: . FRANZERO . COLLECTION
- Location: On the base
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: small circular paper label printed in red with '192'
- Text: 192
- Location: On the base
- Method of creation: Printed in red
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular pale cream paper label printed in brown
- Text: SIR GORDON/SUTHERLAND
- Location: On the base
- Method of creation: Printed in brown
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.4-2003
Primary reference Number: 93628
Old object number: Loan 2-1977
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 26 October 2017
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
