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Bowl: C.6-1836

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Bowl, porcelain, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze enamels with spays of flowering tree peony and prunus beside rockwork in a fenced garden.

Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain decorated in the Imari style. Painted underglaze in blue with iron-red enamel and gilding with the addition of turquoise-green, dark pink and black enamels. The steeply rounded sides resting on a high tapered foot. The exterior painted with sprays of flowering tree peony and prunus growing beside pierced rockwork in a fenced garden. The interior with a central sprig of peony within an iron-red trellis-diaper band reserved with four floral vignettes round the rim.

Legal notes

Given by Miss Whitehead of Hertford

Measurements and weight

Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 23 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1836-07-27) by Whitehead, Miss

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
18th Century
Previously dated circa 1800
Circa 1736 CE - Circa 1795 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( iron-red, turquoise-green, dark pink and black enamels) cobalt-blue gold

Materials used in production

clear Glazed
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue, with iron-red, turquoise-green, dark pink and black enamels, and gilding
Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1836
Primary reference Number: 98285
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 12 October 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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