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Tea caddy: C.734 & A & B-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Factory: Dohachi factory (Probably)

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Description

Tea jar with stopper and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Jar of ovoid shape, and sloping shoulders tapering to a flat recessed, glazed base with 6-character mark of Chenghua in underglaze blue. The body is painted with a tree surrounded by mountainous landscape, and water with two boats beneath a scrolling border with four flower heads, and above three circular lines in underglaze blue. Pacton (white bronze) cylindrical neck, stopper and cover, the latter with a circle of raised stylised decoration.

Notes

History note: W Peer Groves Collection. H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.7 cm
Height: 9.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)
20th Century, Early
Circa 1900 - 1920

Note

Japanese, Edo Period, Kyoto, probably Dohachi

Components of the work

Cover composed of white bronze
Neck composed of white bronze
Stopper composed of white bronze
Glaze composed of glaze
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white inscribed in blue/black ink

  • Text: Ta Ming Ching Ho Kioto: Rokubei iii
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue/black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: 6-character mark of Chenghua

  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: In underglaze-blue
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: rectangular white (torn)

  • Text: The Property of W. Peer Groves
  • Method of creation: Printed in red
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.734 & A & B-1991
Primary reference Number: 21724
Old object number: JAPCER/187

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 13 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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