IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16484
accession number:	C.99-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 11 August 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Hexagonal jar with poetic inscription. Porcelain, thrown, shaped, inscribed in cobalt-blue and glazed. The straight neck of this piece is slightly everted and the cylindrical body facetted, but the edges are smoothed to give it a softer appearance. The six sides of the body are inscribed in underglaze-blue with the characters kmjng ogaeg, yngdo sru, mansu mugang, which can be translated;
	  `Essence of gold and dewdrops of jade,
	  Eternal as the peach, snow-white as the lotus root.
	  For bountiful longevity without limits.'
The pale bluish-white glaze is evenly applied.  The footring shows traces of supports made of fire-clay and fine sand.
title:	jar

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Gompertz Collection
creditline: Gompertz Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16484





CATEGORIES
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category: porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1850
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1850
culture:	19th Century
culture:	Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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La Civilta
Korean Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Period
Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
Richo
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