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Vase: C.2303-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Nevers factory

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Description

Buff eathenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The balusster-shaped vase has a spreading foot and a short cylindrical neck. It is painted with a Chinese man seated in a landscape in the style of late Ming porcelain, with above, two wavy manganese-purple bands round the shoulder, and below, three horizontal manganese-purple bands and a border of blue lapets.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Madame Blanc, 21 rue de la Chausée d'Antin for 10 francs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.2 cm
Height: 11.5 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 1660 - 1700

Note

Tin-glazed earthenware, known as faïence in France, had been made in Nevers since the late 1580s. Its production there was at its peak during the reign of Louis XIV (1661-1715). Much of the faïence produced was decorated in blue and manganese-purple with designs influenced by figures and scenes on Chinese porcelain. The forms of vases and bottles also echoed Chinese forms.

School or Style

Late Ming style

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple)
Mouth Diameter 4.9 cm
Base Diameter 5.8 cm
Surface

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing (pottery technique)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2303-1928
Primary reference Number: 76710
Old object number: 2495

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 18 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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