https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/14053/fullChinoiserie Musiciansca.1751-1754St. James FactoryOverall: 9 x 3.1 cm (3 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)Glassy (frit) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels; gilt-metal and gold mountsGift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: London, London, EnglandG83.1.1018.1-.21A "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.18th Century European PorcelainOther English PorcelainScent BottlesEnglish Porcelain[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain1838771005EnglishInscribed JE PARTAGE VOS PLAISIRS