IDENTIFIERS
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id:	21666
accession number:	C.601-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 5 September 2012

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Seated Guanyin on lotus with bird and vase. Porcelain, decorated overglaze with pink, blue, green, orange, black and white enamels, in the famille rose palette and gilt. The figure sits upright and cross-legged on a lotus flower and leaves, with an orange bird on her right and a green vase on her left.  Her patterned, blue robe has gilt borders and her head is covered by a pink shawl.
title:	figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21666

PEOPLE
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Guanyin

SUBJECTS
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vase
bird
lotus
sitting
vase
bird
lotus
sitting



TECHNIQUES
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hard-paste porcelain, decorated overglaze with polychrome enamels in the famille rose palette and gilt
moulding

CATEGORIES
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category: porcelain
category: hard-paste porcelain
category: famille rose

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	Qing Dynasty
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 5.4

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 12.8



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare
IMAGES

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