Portable Brazier
ca. 1800 (made)
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Portable brazier, enamelled copper painted in colours. Four-lobed, oval shape, consisting of a body or basket with a double handle shaped to and folding over the sides, a cover (A) pierced with a swastika diaper, and an inner receptacle (B) for fuel. The body is painted outside with four compartments, two showing deer in a landscape, two mandarin ducks among lotuses on a river, in reserve against a turquoise blue enamel ground painted with flowers and foliage. Chinese flowers also on the rim of the lid.
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Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Enamel on copper, painted |
Brief description | Portable brazier, painted enamels on copper, Guangzhou, China, ca. 1800 |
Physical description | Portable brazier, enamelled copper painted in colours. Four-lobed, oval shape, consisting of a body or basket with a double handle shaped to and folding over the sides, a cover (A) pierced with a swastika diaper, and an inner receptacle (B) for fuel. The body is painted outside with four compartments, two showing deer in a landscape, two mandarin ducks among lotuses on a river, in reserve against a turquoise blue enamel ground painted with flowers and foliage. Chinese flowers also on the rim of the lid. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Marcus |
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Accession number | C.37-1924 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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