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Production: Unknown
Oval base for incense container (C.738-1991). Hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. The oval base has a wavy outer rim and is moulded with the scaly tail of the dragon. The rocks are painted in underglaze blue with incised wave patterns in white. Unglazed base with concave centre. The interior has an unglazed inner rim and white glazed body.
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: 22.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa
1850
CE
-
1880
CE
Japanese, Edo Period, Hirado
Glaze
composed of
white glaze
Base
Diameter 12.9 cm
Height 3.8 cm
Body
Decoration
Accession number: C.738-1991
Primary reference Number: 21741
Old object number: JAPCER/174
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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