IDENTIFIERS
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id:	21068
accession number:	C.596-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Seated figure of Shoulao (God of Longevity) with fawn, crane and tortoise on pedestal. Stoneware, moulded, cream glazed, painted in dark brown and dark tan. The figure sits with his legs crossed, his left arm placed on his left knee with a crane looking up at him. His right hand holds a scroll in his lap, with a fawn looking up at him. His head is slightly turned and he wears a tall `beehive' headdress and flowing gowns decorated in cream, tan and dark-brown. The tortoise rests at his feet.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from Franck, April 1921, for £10.0s.0d (as Song), Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21068

PEOPLE
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Shoulao

SUBJECTS
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tortoise
fawn
crane
tortoise
fawn
crane



TECHNIQUES
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stoneware, moulded, cream glazed, painted in dark brown and tan
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: stoneware
category: Cizhou ware

DATING
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creation date:	1400 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1400
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	Ming
culture:	15th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 15.6

dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 19.2

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 30.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
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