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Baluster vase: C.708-1991

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Baluster vase

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Description

Baluster vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The vase has a short, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulders and ovoid body tapering to a ridge above the splayed foot. The base is flat, recessed, and glazed. The neck is decorated with scrolling foliage and peony heads above three bands of incised lotus petals, containing peony and lotus heads and dense foliage (a shallow band circling the shoulders and base and a deep band circling the body). Beneath the ridge is a hatched pattern, and on the splayed foot is stylised foliage.

Notes

History note: H.S. 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: 20.6 cm
Height: 30.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Ming
Circa 1368 - 1644

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: plant within a double circle in underglaze-blue

  • Text: Che
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.708-1991
Primary reference Number: 21210
Old object number: CHICER/289

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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