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Vase: C.632-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

  • Vase
  • globular celadon vase
  • squat bottle

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Description

Globular celadon vase (squat bottle). Buff coloured stoneware, covered all over with a dark olive-green celdaon-glaze, incised and combed with a peony and lotus design. The vase has a short neck with rolled, everted mouth rim, and wide shoulders tapering to a ridge above the flat foot. It is decorated with an incised ring, circling the mouth rim, and three incised and combed bands of lotus and peony designs.

Notes

History note: H.S. 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

Diameter: 19.5 cm
Height: 15.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Northern Song (960-1127)
11th-12th Century
Circa 1000 - 1200

Note

Northern celadon ware

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

celadon glaze Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Thrown, covered with celadon-glaze, decorated with incised and combed designs
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: round, white, serrated label, remains of an ink number, only 29 is visible

  • Text: 484/29
  • Method of creation: Inscribed and written in ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.632-1991
Primary reference Number: 21001
Old object number: CHICER/241

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 29 April 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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