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Baluster jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a straight neck, with lipped rim, rounded, sloping shoulders tapering and flaring out to the footrim, and a flat, recessed, glazed base. The cover is domed with a large finial. The neck is painted with a border consisting of a jewel, solid lozenge, artemesia leaf and a pair of books, above a band of herringbone pattern. The body is painted with Qilin amongst trees and a fence. Four large cloud scroll motifs decorate the cover interspersed with smaller cloud scrolls.
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: 26.2 cm
Height: 40.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Transitional Period (1620-1683, China)
Qing Dynasty
17th Century, Mid#
Circa
1630
-
1670
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue)
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.722 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21263
Old object number: CHICER/108
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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