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Jar: C.612-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Jar. Buff stoneware, thrown with applied incised details, monochrome mottled brown and clear glaze. Peony jar with globular body and short, wide neck; vertical foot with recessed, flat base. Buff stoneware covered with brown slip and transparent glaze stopping short of the foot. Five rows of curving, vertically striated petals applied to neck and body under slip, the overall appearance like that of a giant peony blossom.

Notes

History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.2 cm
Width: 16.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

20th Century
Circa 1900 - 1950

School or Style

Northern Song (960-1127)

Components of the work

Glaze composed of glaze ( brown and clear glaze)
Decoration

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown with applied details, monochrome mottled brown and clear glaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: oval, cream label, with black rim

  • Text: 26
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.612-1991
Primary reference Number: 20985
Old object number: CHICER/283
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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