Sweetmeat Dish
ca. 1760 (made)
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Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With the 'Partridge pattern' in imitation of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain. In the form of a large shell resting on a heap of smaller shells and coral. The inside is painted with two quails and a flowering prunus-tree and a border of flowers and foliage in Japanese style.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
Brief description | Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, with the 'Partridge pattern', Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760. |
Physical description | Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With the 'Partridge pattern' in imitation of Japanese Kakiemon porcelain. In the form of a large shell resting on a heap of smaller shells and coral. The inside is painted with two quails and a flowering prunus-tree and a border of flowers and foliage in Japanese style. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
Object history | One of a pair with C.178A-1935. |
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Accession number | C.178-1935 |
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Record created | June 17, 2009 |
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