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Jar. Buff stoneware, thrown, white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown, firing crack. The high shouldered, wide-mouthed jar, with slightly everted footrim and flat, recessed base, is decorated with a border of alternate leaves and flowers between brown lines circling the shoulders, below which are painted alternate branches with leaves and larger flowers with sgraffito details within a lined border. The slip stops unevenly towards the base. The white slip inside is uneven and pitted on the base.
History note: Purchased from Franck, February 1921, for £15.0s.0d; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 16.3 cm
Height: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Yuan
14th Century
Circa
1300
-
1368
Decoration composed of slip ( white)
Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown
Inscription present: circular, white label, with serrated edge
Inscription present: rectangular label, torn perforations on three sides, black rectangular inscribed
Accession number: C.614-1991
Primary reference Number: 21052
Old object number: CHICER/304
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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