Handle
middle of 18th century (made)
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Cane handle of porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a bearded man's head wearing a grotesque pointed cap with a tassel and flowers on pink stripes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Cane handle of porcelain painted with enamels, Jingdezhen, China, copying Chantilly soft-paste porcelain, middle of 18th century |
| Physical description | Cane handle of porcelain painted with enamels. In the form of a bearded man's head wearing a grotesque pointed cap with a tassel and flowers on pink stripes. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | A Chinese hard-paste porcelain copy of a Chantilly soft-paste porcelain mid-18th century cane handle. Previously attributed to Chantilly |
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| Bibliographic reference | Beurdeley, Michel. Porcelain of the East India Companies. London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, pl. 44, fig. 20. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.407-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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