Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of rich iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine, outlined in soft underglaze blue and decorated with a cock, a hen, three chicks with sprays of lilies and peonies behind rocks.
Chicken cup. Hard-paste porcelain painted in an enamel palette of rich iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine, and outlined in soft underglaze blue. The small bowl is of slightly flared form resting on a countersunk base. The exterior is decorated with a cock, a hen and three chicks on each side, divided by sprays of lilies and peonies growing behind jagged ornamental rocks. There is a double line border in underglaze blue round the rim. The interior is entirely plain.
Notes
History note: Wilfrid Evill, inherited from him by Miss Honor Frost, from whom purchased by The National Art Collections Fund and bought by them from the Beatrice Nellie Stuart Fund
Legal notes
Purchased by the National Art Collections Fund from the Mrs Beatrice Nellie Stuart Bequest and given to the Fitzwilliam.
Measurements and weight
Height: 3.7 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1965-01-14)
by
National Art Collections Fund
Dating
Qing Dynasty
Circa
1662
CE
-
Circa
1722
CE
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
painted underglaze
( blue)
enamels
( iron-red, pale yellow, pale green and pale aubergine)
Materials used in production
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain painted in iron-red, pale yellow, pale green, pale aubergine enamels outlined in underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2-1965
Primary reference Number: 98855
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 22 April 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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