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Jar: C.42A-1950

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Hard paste porcelain jar, decorated in blue and white. The blue ground has darker blue line tracings, resembling cracked ice. With white cloud like flowers.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Thomas Henry Riches

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.4 cm
Height: 14.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
1662 - 1722

Materials used in production

Ground colour
Hard-paste porcelain

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.42A-1950
Primary reference Number: 75058
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 16 December 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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