Chinoiserie Musicians

Manufacturer St. James Factory (English, 1749 - 1759)

CultureEnglish

OriginLondon, London, England

Datec.1751-1754

MediumGlassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels; gilt-metal and gold mounts

DimensionsOverall: 9 x 3.1 cm (3 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

MarkingsInscribed JE PARTAGE VOS PLAISIRS

DescriptionA "Girl-in-a-Swing" type Chinese musicians scent bottle and a gold-mounted stopper. It is modelled as a young woman wearing a yellow and rose costume, seated and playing a lute. Her companion wearing a rose-feathered headdress, a rose-sprigged white jacket and black trousers, leaning against a green and iron-red palm tree and playing a lavender flute. There is a domed base with a row of shaded green petals. The concave underside has a pink rose sprig, and the stopper is formed as a bird. The bottle neck is mounted in gilt-metal, and the stopper is mounted in gold.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.1018.1-.2

Classifications

European Ceramics

Sub-classification

English Porcelain

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Status

On view