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Nishida Factory (Uncertain)
Teapot (cover missing). Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Finely potted Ky_su with circular body, and a trumpet-shaped handle positioned at a right angle to the short spout. The glaze stops short of the foot and base, which is recessed and spiralling. The body is painted in underglaze blue with ducks in flight and standing by water among bamboo and plants, outlined and overpainted with gilding above a double line border. The spout and handle are decorated with gilt scrolling and the rim with gilt edges.
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: 10.6 cm
Height: 7.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa
1870
-
1900
Japanese, Kyoto
Decoration
composed of
gilt
Glaze
composed of
glaze
Body
Parts
Accession number: C.739-1991
Primary reference Number: 21744
Old object number: JAPCER/179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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