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Baluster vase. Cizhou type. Buff stoneware, thrown, slipped in white and printed in iron black, under a thin clear glaze. Baluster vase with a slender, cylindrical neck with a wide rimmed dish-mouth. The vase slants to the right. It is decorated with The Zen Patriarch Fenggan and his tiger, painted in dark-brown, On the other side are eight Chinese characters painted in a vertical line in iron black, inscribed Jihe ernian Jaofu Zaoyong (made for use by Zhaofu in the 2nd year of the Jihe reign period [=1056]). A cordon circles the vase above the slightly flared footrim with flat, recessed, unglazed base. The glaze stops at a fairly regular line approx 1" above the cordon.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Northern Song (960-1127)
Circa
960
-
1126
Decoration
Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, slipped in white and printed in iron black, under a thin clear glaze
Inscription present: made for use by Zhaofu in the 2nd year of the Jihe reign period [=1056].
Inscription present: small round white label
Inscription present: larger white, round label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.611-1991
Primary reference Number: 20984
Old object number: CHICER/874
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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