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Jar: C.698-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Lobed jar. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a wide mouth, the rounded sides taper into a low foot with flat, recessed base. The shoulders are decorated with four panels enclosing flower heads reserved on a background of swastika design. The lobed body is decorated with two magpies (?) perched among peony, chrysanthemum and bamboo, above two underglaze blue lines which encircle the foot.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Evision & Co., St Mary Axe, July 1924, for £2.0s.0d; Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead.

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 13.5 cm
Height: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Ming
16th Century
Circa 1500 - 1600

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

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

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular, serrated, white label

  • Text: 542e
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: remains of a brown, oval label with iron-red border

  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.698-1991
Primary reference Number: 21163
Old object number: CHICER/232
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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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