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Soy sauce pot or water dropper. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Circular, of doughnut shape, with a short curved spout and handle in the form of a pipe. Rounded unglazed base. The rounded sides are painted on the outside with birds (plover) flying over waves. Two birds decorate the handle and one on the spout. The inner ring is undecorated.
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: 11.1 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1830
-
1867
Decoration composed of glaze
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Inscription present: square white inscribed seal, SAN-PEI is underlined
Accession number: C.731-1991
Primary reference Number: 21707
Old object number: JAPCER/184
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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