Collection of 2 pieces of porcelain & a lacquer dish

Chinese

Fitzwilliam Museum

1465 - 1619

1) Porcelain cup, decorated with cocks, hens and chickens feeding among the flowers and rocks. Mark and period of Emperor Cheng Hua (1465-1487); 2) Porcelain dish, with pale yellow glaze. Mark and period of Emperor Cheng Te (1506-1521); 3) Lacquer dish, with inlaid and incised decoration of a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, and with flower-scrolls on the inside and outside of the edge. Mark of Emperor Wan Li (1573-1619), dated 1595.

• Medium: porcelain, lacquer
• Dimensions: diameter: 1) 8.4cm 2) 17.5cm 3) 21cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2120 ( Total: £2,120)
• ArtFunded in: 1965
• Vendor: Honor Frost & Bluett

Provenance

1: Miss Honor Frost. 2 & 3: Bluett.

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