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Circular box and cover. Earthenware, painted in green, turquoise, yellow and grey enamels, and incised decoration. The cover has rounded sides and a slightly concave top, fitting over the rim of the body. The rounded sides of the body taper to a low footrim with flat, recessed, glazed base. The cover has incised decoration depicting two figures, one seated beside a peony in a vase, the other pouring liquid into a vase with house and tree nearby, within an incised double-line circle. Above the rim is a border of scrolling foliage with an incised double-line circle. The base has three incised, flowering branches with a double-line circle above the footrim. The interior and base are glazed in yellow.
History note: H.S. 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: 20.1 cm
Height: 8.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Late Ming
Circa
1368
-
1644
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, turquoise, yellow and grey)
Throwing : Earthenware, thrown, painted in green, turquoise, yellow and grey enamels
Accession number: C.655 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21101
Old object number: CHICER/237
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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