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Vase: C.2304-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Nevers factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and manganese-purple with Chinese figures in a landscape

Buff earthenware, thrown and shaped, tin-glazed pale lavender-grey, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The vase is of octagonal baluster form with a short vertical neck. A hole has been bored in the shoulder just below the neck. The base is recessed. Round the neck there are two narrow manganese bands and another after a short space. Below this the sides are decorated with a Chinese landscape with rocks, and flowering trees among which are a standing man and a seated man holding a fan. Below, there is a border of leaf-shaped panels or lappets containing reserved flowers, and below this two wavy manganese-bands.

Notes

History note: Ostend, where bought in 1896 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 21.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, second half
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa 1650 - 1700

Note

The form and decoration were inspired by imported Chinese porcelain

School or Style

Chinese

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple)
Base Diameter 13 cm

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware
lavender-grey Tin-glaze

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown and shaped, tin-glazed lavender-grey, and painted in blue and manganese-purple
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2304-1928
Primary reference Number: 73325
Old object number: 119

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 April 2025

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

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