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Production: Unidentified Nevers factory
Buff eathenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The oviform vase has a spreading foot and a short cylindrical neck. It is painted with a Chinese figure seated in a landscape in the style of late Ming porcelain, with two horizontal bands and a border of lapets below.
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
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second half#
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
Circa
1660
-
1700
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple)
Surface
Accession number: C.2303-1928
Primary reference Number: 76710
Old object number: 2495
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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