IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 21435 accession number: C.680.4 & A-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 22 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Baluster vase and cover. Hard-paste porcelain, decorated predominantly in mottled underglaze blue and in famille verte enamels and gilding. The vase has a short, cylindrical neck and slender sides tapering to the foot with a flat, recessed base. The mottled, bright blue ground is decorated with four lobed, quatrefoil vertical panels: the first enclosing a rocky landscape with trees, sun and flying birds; the second with branches of flowering peony; the third with a vase and a piece of coral surrounded by brush pots and scrolls; and the fourth with flowering sprays of chrysanthemum entwined with bamboo growing from rock work. The domed cover has two quatrefoil vignettes enclosing flower sprays, a conical gilded knop, and gilded flower heads on the blue ground. title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: H.S. Reitlinger creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21435 SUBJECTS ------------------- sun birds chrysanthemum trees peony bamboo flower heads rocks landscape sun birds chrysanthemum trees peony bamboo flower heads rocks landscape TECHNIQUES ---------- hard-paste porcelain decorated predominantly in mottled underglaze blue and in famille verte enamels and gilding throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: porcelain category: hard-paste porcelain category: famille verte DATING ------ creation date: 1662 - 1722 creation date earliest: 1662 creation date latest: 1722 culture: Qing Dynasty culture: Kangxi Period (1662-1722) culture: 17th Century-18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 26.7 dimension: Width units: cm value: 11.6 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_680_4_20_26_20A_1991_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_1991_285_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/mid_C_680_4_1991_285_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/C_680_4_1991_285_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa7/preview_C_680_4_1991_285_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels