IDENTIFIERS
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id:	20959
accession number:	C.587-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Bearded groom. White earthenware, moulded with traces of cold paint and red pigment. The figure has a large pointed beard and a pronounced nose, and wears a hat. He is dressed in a long coat with a lapel tied at the waist with a belt, with a sash draped down his back, and long trousers. Standing upright, his right arm is raised forward with a clenched fist (it appears as though he was once holding something), and his left arm hangs down. His left leg and foot turns out. Traces of red pigment are on his coat and face, and darker pigment is on the hat.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Franck, February 1921 by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950) for £6.10s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


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:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20959

PEOPLE
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male




TECHNIQUES
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earthenware, moulded with cold paint decoration
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	700 - 800
creation date earliest:	700
creation date latest:	800
culture:	Tang Dynasty (618-907)
culture:	8th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 12.2

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 36.9



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
CITATIONS
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Tang and Liao Ceramics
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