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Description: | CRE UNKNOWN This saucer is from a set of 3 cups and 3 saucers with a lustrous brown glaze to the exterior and decorated on the interior with lively representations of ducks, geese and dragonflies. The set is from the mid-18th century.
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 GLAHA 54418, 54588, 54589, 54590, 54591
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 : DUCK : PORCELAIN : CHINA : TEA : DINING : DRAGONFLY : GEESE : WHISTLER : 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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