IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 28711 accession number: C.29-1998 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Gu-shaped vase. Hard paste porcelain, painted underglaze in blue and overglaze in red, pale red, aubergine, green, violet, and black enamels and gold. Cylindrical body flaring to a wide trumpet mouth. The lower part of the cylinder curves outwards to a 'shoulder', and then contracts to join the deep, tapering foot, where there is a pronounced groove. The body is decorated with two vertical shaped panels bordered in underglaze blue and gilt, containing the ho-ho bird amongst branches of flowering prunus, the other with two ducks among rocks and flowering prunus. The panels are separated by floriated scroll in underglaze blue. Above are four smaller shaped panels containing bamboo reserved on a red ground; three peony blooms on underglaze blue and gilt ground; kilin with cloud scrolls and three chrysanthemum blooms. Around the trumpet-shaped mouth is an irregular pattern of large and small honeycomb containing flower heads. The gilding round the rim has worn away leaving a violet residue of colloidal gold. The lower part of the interior of the vase is unglazed. Inside the mouth are two scrolling flower sprays in red and gold. The incised groove round the foot is painted in underglaze blue below which is a frieze of red scroll. title: vase NOTES ----- type: history note value: Christie's Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 14th January 1993, lot 269, purchased by Irene Finch for £391.13 including premium. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Miss Irene Finch STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28711 SUBJECTS ------------------- ho-ho bird ducks bamboo chrysanthemum prunus clouds ho-ho bird ducks bamboo chrysanthemum prunus clouds CATEGORIES ------ category: porcelain category: hard-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 40.0 dimension: Width units: cm value: 18.9 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: The Lost Century, Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720 - 1820 in Britain: Selective Catalogue CITATIONS -------- The Lost Century, Japanese Arita Porcelain 1720 - 1820 in Britain: Selective Catalogue --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_29_1998_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_29_1998_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_29_1998_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_29_1998_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_29_1998_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_29_1998_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_29_1998_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_29_1998_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_29_1998_285_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_29_1998_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_29_1998_285_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels