Bone Ear ’95-3

Shigematsu Ayumi

1995

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C7-An ewer bearing the Cockburn family crest, a standing rooster, and the motto Accendit Cantu (He excites us with his song). The ewer, as can be seen in the photo, is almost identical to the pen-and-ink drawing for the Hamilton ewer. This rare, Indian, circa-1850 ewer is one of a pair and is very crisply hallmarked. M. D. Cockburn was a Scottish coffee planter and district collector of Salem, in Tamil Nadu, India, between 1820 and 1829. Cockburn is known as the "Father of Yercaud" for having developed the resources of the Shevaroy Hills, and for having introduced the cultivation of coffee, pears, and apples into most of the hill stations of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Yercaud, a small hill station in the Salem District.
Soup Plate, China, porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel colors
"Ginger" Jar with Banana-Leaf Neck, Lotus-Pattern Shoulder and Three Friends of Winter (Pine, Bamboo and Plum) Each Forming Characters (Fortune (Fu 福), Prosperity (Lu 祿), Longevity (Shou 壽) with their Trunks, also with mountains at base and lingzi fungus
Hinged cuff bracelets imitating rings of bangles within the cuff.