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Vase: C.693-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

  • Vase
  • baluster vase with 'S' scroll handles

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Description

Vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue. The dish mouth is slightly flared, and the cylindrical neck has applied S-scroll handles. The rounded body is waisted on the lower part with a rib above the spreading foot, with flat, recessed glazed base. The exterior of the dish mouth is painted with a key-pattern border, the neck with a flower spray between the scroll handles, the body with blossom and leaves, and the flared foot with artemesia leaves.

Notes

History note: Probably purchased from Sotheby's, 27 October 1933, Reginald Le May Collection, for £1.10s.0d, Lot 61; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.3 cm
Height: 16.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Ming
15th Century#
Circa 1400 - 1500

Components of the work

Decoration
Handles

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain, thrown with applied handles, decorated in underglaze-blue
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular, white, serrated

  • Text: 282
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: indistinguishable design in underglaze-blue

  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.693-1991
Primary reference Number: 21146
Old object number: CHICER/871
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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