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Jar: C.40 & A-1950

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Current Location: In storage

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Jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in green, yellow, black and bright iron-red enamels and underglaze blue with three Buddhist Lions amongst dense meandering peony and leaves.

Jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in green, yellow, black and bright iron-red enamels and underglaze blue. The baluster body is decorated with a dense pattern of three Buddhist Lions, clambering amongst meandering branches of peony bearing numerous leaves. The shoulders are encircled by a narrow, freely painted 'cracked ice' border in underglaze blue beneath the short upright neck with lipped rim which is encircled by a band of upright pointed leaves alternately coloured red, blue and green. The low, domed cover has a conical knop and is surrounded by an iron-red peony scroll bearing three red blooms among green leaves. All between double line borders in underglaze blue.

Legal notes

T.H. Riches Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 25.2 cm
Height: 36 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950-06-27) by Riches, Thomas Henry

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Circa 1644 - Circa 1700

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, black and bright iron-red) cobalt-blue

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in green, yellow, black and bright iron-red enamels and underglaze blue
Glazing (coating)

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.40 & A-1950
Primary reference Number: 74919
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 September 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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