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Description: | Ling Chih fingers (?) in a double circle CRE UNKNOWN; This cup is from a set of 6 cups and 11 saucers produced for the European market. The design is of landscape and flower panels with a single flower in the centre. The alternating panels appear to represent different seasons with prunus sprays for Spring, Chrysanthemum for autumn and peony for summer. 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. See also 54540-3, 54545-54555.
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 : FLOWER : TEA : WHISTLER CENTENARY : CUP : | 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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