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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1662 - 1722; Classification(s): porcelain, bowl, throwing, hard-paste porcelain painted in green, iron-red, blue, yellow, black and aubergine enamels of bright, clear tone and gilt; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.662-1991]
Description: Bowl. Hard-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, iron-red, yellow, aubergine and black enamels of bright, clear tone and gilt. The bowl has steep, fluted sides and an everted, foliate rim, deep foot and flat, recessed base. The exterior is decorated with eight panels enclosing sprays of peony, prunus, chrysanthemum, birds and insects. The interior is decorated with a central medallion showing chrysanthemum and peony and a butterfly, and the sides with four branches of flowering prunus beneath a ruji head and double-lined border. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | bowl porcelain Unknown | Temporal: | name=Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); start=1662; end=1722 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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