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Pottery: Unknown
Bottle with dragon design. Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The lively decoration on this pear-shaped bottle consists of a single large four-clawed dragon chasing a pearl among clouds. In places the cobalt has run or spread beyond the contours of the animal. The glaze has a bluish tinge and is evenly applied. On the base a straight line, perhaps representing the character il, 'one', was faintly incised into the glaze before firing, and remains of coarse fire-clay supports adhere to the footring.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
19th Century
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1800
-
1850
This is a common type of early nineteenth-century wine bottle.
Decoration
composed of
glaze
Bottle
composed of
porcelain
Height 29.0 cm
Foot
Diameter 12.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 5.9 cm
Accession number: C.441-1984
Primary reference Number: 16458
Box number: 87
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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