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Vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue covered with crackle glaze. The vase has a dish mouth, slightly flared cylindrical neck applied with lug handles, a rounded body waisted on the lower part with a rib above the spreading foot, and a glazed, recessed base. The exterior of the dish mouth is painted with a border of herringbone pattern. Below, the neck is painted either side of the blue lug handles with stylised peach (?) spray within a double circle border; the body is painted with stylised prunus (?) and the flared foot with alternate lozenge and ruyi head (?).
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: 8.7 cm
Height: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
15th Century#
Circa
1400
-
1500
Decoration
Handles
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain, thrown with applied handles, decorated in underglaze-blue
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: oval, white, with double gilt border
Accession number: C.694B-1991
Primary reference Number: 21151
Old object number: CHICER/877(2)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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