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Ovoid lobed bottle. Light stoneware, thrown, carved, and resist decorated with iron oxide. The oval lobed body, long neck and flared lip are decorated in dark-brown with cream leaves and flowers on two sides of the body, and with a scholar wearing flowing robes and a lady wearing robes, holding a zither and book on the other sides. The neck of the bottle is decorated with shapes. The foot is slightly concave with flat, recessed base.
History note: Purchased from Foster, May 1923, for £1.0s.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: 11.5 cm
Height: 22 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
Circa
1368
-
1644
Decoration composed of iron-oxide
Throwing
: Light stoneware, thrown, carved, and resist decorated with iron oxide
Carving
Inscription present: round, white label, inscribed
Accession number: C.604-1991
Primary reference Number: 21073
Old object number: CHICER/860
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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