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Description: | CRE UNKNOWN; This cup is part of a set of which five cups and one saucer remain. Each piece has a lustrous brown exterior and interior decoration comprising peonies among rocks and eight precious things motifs - a pair of books, a sceptre, a musical stone and a casket. 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 54617/54618/54619/54620/54621)
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 : CHINESE : LUSTRE : TEA : WHISTLER CENTENARY : PRECIOUS THINGS : | 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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