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Vase: C.628-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Double gourd vase. Buff stoneware, thrown in sections and turned, covered in white slip, incised and painted in iron-black with sgraffito under a clear glaze. The double gourd vase has a small, tapered neck with no mouth rim. The footrim is slightly flared; the base is very slightly recessed and flat with an incised line circling most of the inner rim, which has white slip and glaze. The upper gourd is decorated with an incised bundle of books and ribbons painted in brown, and the lower gourd with incised chrysanthemums, and leaves painted in brown.

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: 19.8 cm
Height: 32.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Qing Dynasty
18th Century
Circa 1700 - 1800

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown in sections and turned, white slip, painted in iron-black and incised under clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coated
Turning

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.628-1991
Primary reference Number: 21297
Old object number: CHICER/281

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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