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A blue and white meiping: C.22-2017

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

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A blue and white meiping

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Description

A blue and white meiping, decorated with scholar and attendant with qin琴 zither (good condition and clean colour, firing line around lower body)

Measurements and weight

Height: 34.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2017-11-20) by H.M. Government

Dating

15th Century
1400 - 1500

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.22-2017
Primary reference Number: 229616

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 21 August 2019 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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