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Large bottle. Dark-buff stoneware, thrown in sections, covered in white slip, and painted in iron-black under a clear glaze. The truncated vase has high, rounded shoulders, small neck and everted, uneven mouth rim mounted in copper. The body gently tapers towards the slightly recessed, flat base. The white slip and transparent glaze stop well short of the base. The shoulders are decorated with flowers and foliage in iron-black within a border, and the body is painted with flowers and scrolling foliage.
History note: Purchased from Dorn, June 1921, for £10.0s.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: 20.8 cm
Height: 20.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
16th Century
Circa
1500
-
1600
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Mount
composed of
copper
Mouth Rim
Throwing : Stoneware, thrown in sections, white slip, painted in iron black under clear glaze, mouth rim mounted with copper
Inscription present: oval, cream label, with black rim
Accession number: C.619-1991
Primary reference Number: 21088
Old object number: CHICER/305
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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