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Triple gourd vase, part of a garniture of vases. Hard-paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels, with cylindrical neck and trumpet-shape mouth; the largest bulb tapers into a slightly flared foot with flat, recessed base. The foot and three waists have bands of gilding; peony heads and scrolls in gilt decorate the powder blue. The largest bulb has two quatrefoil reserves, one containing two birds, flowering prunus branch and leaves, and the other a lotus pond with two ducks; the middle bulb has two fan-shaped reserves decorated with flowers, and the top bulb four gilded flower heads.
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.
Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 10.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
17th Century-18th Century#
Circa
1662
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1722
Decoration composed of enamels ( famille verte) gilt
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels
Inscription present: round, serrated, white
Accession number: C.680.2-1991
Primary reference Number: 21429
Old object number: CHICER/205(5)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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