Mug
1690-1720 (made)
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Chinese porcelain from Dehua, the mug has a globular body, moulded at the foot with a band of painted leaves and on the shoulder with zig-zag diaper; the neck is horizontally reeded. Painted in chased gilding with Chinese figures, flowering trees, plants and birds. Overdecorated in Europe, possible France, early 18th century
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, white-glazed with decoration in raised gold. |
| Brief description | Mug, white-glaze porcelain with decoration in raised gold of figures, trees and birds, Chinese, 17th-18th century |
| Physical description | Chinese porcelain from Dehua, the mug has a globular body, moulded at the foot with a band of painted leaves and on the shoulder with zig-zag diaper; the neck is horizontally reeded. Painted in chased gilding with Chinese figures, flowering trees, plants and birds. Overdecorated in Europe, possible France, early 18th century |
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| Credit line | Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.403-1920 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2003 |
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