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Baluster jar
Baluster jar with applied lion masks and rings. Hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in copper red. The jar has a flared neck with rounded lip, and rounded shoulders with two applied lion masks and ring, tapering towards the flared foot. The base is flat, recessed, and glazed; the under footrim is unglazed. A wide band of honeycomb pattern decorates the neck. The body is painted with scrolling peony with four peony flower heads alternating with emblems, a sword and gourd vase, a basket of flowers, a flute and scrolls, and a fan and scrolls. Beneath is a band of ruji heads, below which there is a border of two fishes, and finally a border of gongs and flower heads with pendant tassles.
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: 25.8 cm
Height: 25.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
18th Century
Circa
1700
-
1800
Decoration composed of enamel ( cooper-red)
Throwing
: Porcelain painted underglaze in copper-red with two applied lion masks and ring
Applying
Inscription present: round, serrated, white label
Accession number: C.657-1991
Primary reference Number: 21322
Old object number: CHICER/207
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Baluster jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/21322 Accessed: 2024-11-15 08:39:00
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