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Vase: C.717-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

  • Vase
  • eight-lobed double gourd vase

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Description

Eight-lobed double gourd vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The neck is moulded in eight lobes and painted with a band of scrolling peony heads. The lobed, upper body is painted with scrolling peonies with a similar band is round the waist. The lower lobe is painted with scrolling peonies and tendrils above a border of petals and blue lines. The base is flat, recessed, and unglazed.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Sotheby's, 27 October 1933, Reginald Le May Collection, for £1.0s.0d, part Lot 71; 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: 16.8 cm
Height: 25.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Ming
16th Century-17th Century
Circa 1570 - 1630

Components of the work

Body
Decoration
Neck

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.717-1991
Primary reference Number: 21257
Old object number: CHICER/233

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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