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Description: | mark of Chenghua (1465-87) on base (thought to be false) CRE UNKNOWN One of five trumpet shaped cups. These were originally part of a set also comprising six saucers. Each cup is decorated with alternate standing ladies playing musical instruments and pots of flowering peony. See also 54435-7, 54439. This item 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.
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: | CHINA : BLUE AND WHITE : WHISTLER : WHISTLER CENTENARY : PORCELAIN : LADIES : DINING : TEA : CHENGHUA : MUSIC : MUSICIANS : | 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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