beaker;
garniture
- Museum number
- Franks.820.+
- Description
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'Famille rose' beaker with an English coat of arms. Part of a five-piece garniture, comprised of three covered oviform jars and a pair of flaring vases in a form reminiscent of archaic bronze 'gu', each painted in 'famille rose' enamels and gilding with a coat of arms and a crest.
- Production date
- 1750-1770 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11.60 centimetres
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Height: 23.90 centimetres
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Weight: 0.95 kilograms
- Curator's comments
- Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:
The arms possibly belong to the English family of Burnell, although according to Howard the crest is not recorded as a Burnell crest (Howard, 1974, p. 572). Chinese porcelain was popular in Europe not only for practical use as dinner, tea and coffee services but also for interior decoration.
A garniture is a set of matching vessels of uneven number, usually varying from five to nine pieces, made for display on the mantelpiece, on brackets and cornices of walls, and in cupboards and cabinets of European houses. Such garnitures became popular in Europe during
the Kangxi period (1662-1722).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994, Taiwan, National Museum of History, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics
1995 27 Jan-26 Mar, London, BM, G91, East Meets West: Chinese Trade Ceramics in the British Museum
2012 22 Jun-2013 6 Jan, Beijing, National Museum of China, ‘Passion for Porcelain’
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Acquisition notes
- The Asian ceramics donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks were recorded in a sequence on index cards (known as the ‘Franks Index Cards’), held in the Dept of Asia.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- Franks.820.+
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1887,1218.4
