These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Maker: Unknown
Globular jar. Buff earthenware, press-moulded and incised with applied relief. White, slipped and partially glazed in tones of iron brown and copper green. White rim and unglazed base. Eight anthemias leaf motifs in applied relief decorate the shoulders of the jar, and three incised lines circle the shoulders. Iron brown glaze runs downwards over the white slip and green glaze. The glaze stops in a fairly regular line halfway down the jar at nearly the widest place.
History note: Purchased from Foster, 10th May 1921, by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950) for £2.10s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 10.2 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Circa
618
-
907
Decoration composed of slip
Press-moulding : Earthenware, press-moulded and incised with applied relief
Inscription present: white round label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.609-1991
Primary reference Number: 20980
Old object number: CHICER/236
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/20980 Accessed: 2024-11-02 12:31:48
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/20980
|title=Jar
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 12:31:48|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-20980
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_609_1991_281_29.jpg"
alt="Jar"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Jar</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
