Skip to main content

Vase: OC.66-1946

An image of Vase

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Tall stoneware vase, Northern Celadon type with a brownish green, finely crackled glaze. The body is grey with incised and combed decoration of stiff leaves round base below peonies and foliage. There is a leaf scroll band round the shoulder, as well as a brown mark. The lip is everted and downward sloping.
The base is recessed and glazed, with kiln sand attached. The rim is unglazed

Notes

History note: Bought from C. T. Lee, Shanghai, March 1935. Exhibited at The Orangerie, Paris, 1937

Legal notes

O.C. Raphael Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 19 cm
Height: 42.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

Song Dynasty#
960 - 1279

Components of the work

Rim

Materials used in production

Celadon glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing
Incising

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.66-1946
Primary reference Number: 77794
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 26 November 2020 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Vase" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77794 Accessed: 2024-03-29 08:39:57

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77794 |title=Vase |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 08:39:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-77794

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/OC_66_1946_200905_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Vase"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Vase</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Vase

Accession Number: C.1-1934

Vase

Accession Number: C.2-1934

Vase

Accession Number: C.3-1934

Vase

Accession Number: E.W.80

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...