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cup
Object Type
cup
Museum number
PDF.889
Description
Porcelain tub shaped (gang) cup of with deep, rounded sides, straight mouth, no foot-rim and slightly recessed base. The cup has a fine, white body. There are flowering peonies in opaque pink, blue, green and brownish yellow on the exterior.
Cultures/periods
Republic
Qing dynasty
Production date
1900-1949
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
64 millimetres
Height:
43 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing Yongzheng 1723-1735
Room 95 label text: PDF 889 Cup with flowering peonies in falangcai-style The base has an apocryphal four-character blue enamel Yongzheng reign mark but this cup is quite different from the genuinie eighteenth century falangcai wares which you can see in the gallery. The enamels are much thicker and far coarser than was prepared for the Yongzheng emperor. Porcelain with overglaze enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 late Qing dynasty or Republican period, about AD 1900–1949
PDF 889 琺瑯彩牡丹紋杯 器底署雍正四字藍料偽託年款,但此杯與展廳內展示的十八世紀琺瑯彩真品有很大區別。相比雍正御瓷的彩料,本件的彩料粘稠得多,也粗糙許多。 瓷器,釉上琺瑯彩 江西省景德鎮 晚清或民國,約1900-1949年
Bibliographic references
Scott 1991 / Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.43, no.889)
Lady David 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.27, no.889)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.85, no.89)
Hobson, Rackham & King 1931 / Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections
(pp 193-199)
Location
On display
(G95/dc33/sh6)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.889