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Plate. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The shallow plate has rounded sides springing from a low, slightly tapered foot and rising to a narrow, flattened, foliate rim. The interior well is decorated with a stylised phoenix (Fenghuang) and foliage within a lined border. The rim is painted with precious objects within single-line borders. The exterior is painted with a band of scrolling foliage within double and single-line borders and an abstract band within a single-line border.
History note: Formerly Sydney Vacher Collection; 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: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
16th Century
Circa
1500
-
1600
Decoration
Throwing
: Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular, white, with black border
Accession number: C.703-1991
Primary reference Number: 21193
Old object number: JAPCER/178
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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