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Jar. Grey stoneware, thrown and turned, covered in white slip, and painted in iron-black under yellowish glaze. The jar has flattened, sloping shoulders, and a large, open neck with everted mouth rim. The rounded body tapers into a low foot, and has a slightly recessed, flat base. The slip and glaze stop short of the footrim. The iron-black decoration consists of two lozenge-shaped panels on a background of spirals, squiggles, and chrysanthemums with spiralling centres. One panel depicts two people standing facing each other wearing robes, and the other panel depicts a single person. The border covering the shoulders is decorated with chrysanthemums with spiralling centres and squiggles.
History note: Purchased from Puttick & Simpson, 2 November 1923, for £3.10s.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: 18.9 cm
Height: 23.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1500
-
1644
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Glaze
composed of
glaze
( yellowish glaze)
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown and turned, white slip, painted in iron-black under yellowish glaze
Turning
Inscription present: white, round label, with serrated edge
Accession number: C.625-1991
Primary reference Number: 21097
Old object number: CHICER/873
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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