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Double gourd vase. Buff stoneware, thrown in sections and turned, covered in white slip, incised and painted in modulated shades of iron-brown 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 glazed base is slightly recessed and flat. The white slip stops short of the footrim, the glaze covers the gourd down to the base. The upper gourd is decorated with iris and leaves painted in brown, and the lower gourd painted with prunus in brown.
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: 20.5 cm
Height: 35.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1800
Decoration
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown in sections and turned, white slip, incised and painted in modulated shades of iron-brown with sgraffito under a clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coated
Turning
Inscription present: white, round label, with serrated edge
Accession number: C.629-1991
Primary reference Number: 21306
Old object number: CHICER/283
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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