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Meiping vase
Meiping vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The vase is short, with a flared neck, rounded shoulders tapering in and flaring gently out to the foot, with a shallow footrim slightly curved, and unglazed base. The neck is painted with cloud scrolls above a border of petals. On the shoulders are four lappets of lotus divided by cloud scrolls. The body is painted with a continuous scene of a gentleman by a verandah, a pine tree, and a servant carrying a zither (qin) near mountains and a large cloud scroll, with bats overhead. A band of geometric lappets are round the base.
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: 15.3 cm
Height: 29 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
Wanli
16th Century
Circa
1500
-
1600
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue)
except base
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: oval, white, with double-line gilt border
Accession number: C.723-1991
Primary reference Number: 21280
no number or photograph
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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