bough-pot
- Museum number
- 1923,0315.43.CR
- Description
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Pair of bough pots; porcelain; lobed shape and Rococo design with three panels framed by scrolls in relief on front; sunken top surrounded by raised shell-like scrollwork and with pierced holes and larger aperture; front painted in Kakiemon style with flowering plants growing from banded hedges and grass; left-hand panel with secretary bird; right-hand panel with serpent-like dragon confronting similar bird; panels outlined with gilt C-scrolls and reserved in scale-blue ground; marked.
- Production date
- 1765-1770
- Dimensions
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Height: 16.50 centimetres
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Width: 21.70 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990
A flower holder of lobed shape and Rococo design with three panels framed by scrolls in relief on its front, the sunken top surrounded by raised shell-like scrollwork and with pierced holes and a larger aperture. The front is painted in the Kakiemon style with flowering plants growing from banded hedges and grass. The left-hand panel shows a secretary bird and the right, a serpent-like dragon confronting a similar bird; the panels are outlined with gilt C-scrolls and like those of the top, are reserved in a scale-blue ground.
The 1769 sale catalogue of the Worcester factory includes pieces 'of the very rich mazarine blue and gold, fine old wheatsheaf pattern'.
LITERATURE:
R. L. Hobson, 'Catalogue of the Frank Lloyd Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Wall Period', British Museum, London, 1923, No. 87.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1923
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1923,0315.43.CR
