Pottery: Unknown
Octagonal bottle with crane and bamboo. Porcelain, thrown, shaped, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The tall neck has a projecting rim and spreads towards a pear shaped body. The bottle is painted in underglaze blue with a large flying crane and with a slump of bamboo on the reverse. The glaze is greyish-white and the body heavy and thick. The foot is outlined with a single blue line and the footing shows traces of fine sand from the support.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Dr W.M. Tapp
Method of acquisition: Given (1934) by Tapp, W. M., Dr
Such faceted bottles were first made in the eighteenth century and were widely used as wine bottles; this tradition continued into the nineteenth century and the colours of the cobalt and the greyish-white glaze, the way the crane is painted, as well as the deeply cut footring, all identify this bottle as a product of the second half of the nineteenth century.
Accession number: C.31-1934
Primary reference Number: 74402
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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