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Description: | CRE UNKNOWN This is a Qing dynasty saucer from the Kangxi period (1662-1722). The coffee-coloured glaze on the outside of the cups, popular in the 18th century, is produced from an iron-based glaze known as cafe-au-lait. The concentration of iron varied from batch to batch. Thus, cafe-au-lait glazes appear in a wide range of brown tones. Inside, the vessels are painted with fish and waterweeds in a blue underglaze. The fish is a symbol of abundance. The waterweed is one of the twelve imperial symbols. This is one of a set of 11 cups and 8 saucers and is part of the collection of over 330 pieces of Chinese ceramics and approximately 15 items of Japanese ceramics from the estate of James McNeill Whistler, gifted and bequeathed by the artist's sister-in-law, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), in 1935 and 1958. (See also GLAHA 53587-90/54410-16/54592-98/54735)
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CERAMIC : WHISTLER : BLUE AND WHITE : CHINESE : TEA : KANGXI : SAUCER : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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