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Vase: C.2617B-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Metal Pot Factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, red, and manganese-purple. Of reeded octagonal double-gourd form (Cachemire type). The lower part divided into eight panels painted alternately with Chinese flowers, plants and birds, and with Chinese emblems and flowers in panels reserved on a trellis-diaper ground; on the neck, leaf-shaped panels filled with growing flowers and stylised butterflies. One of a pair.

Notes

History note: Two ladies who believed the pair of vases were French because their father had bought them about 1850 in France ; sold for them on commission by Mr Sutton of Eastbourne, from whom purchased for 'only £20! ' on 7 November 1898 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Delft ⪼ Holland ⪼ United Provinces of the Netherlands

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1700

School or Style

Chinese

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2617B-1928
Primary reference Number: 73794
Old object number: 230
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

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

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