IDENTIFIERS
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id:	98867
accession number:	C.31-1924

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 16 June 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Kendi.  Hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue and decorated on the body with a butterfly and grasshopper among rocks and peony.                                                                                                                                              Kendi.  Hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue and with a high gloss glaze. The rounded body has a bulbous mammiform spout and an elongated neck with a flaring rim which is decorated with a floral motif.  Plantain leaves encircle the neck of the spout and there are cloud collars round the shoulder.  There are two similar floral motifs on the body, a rock formation among peonies with an alighting grasshopper, and a rock formation among peonies with a butterfly.  The mammiform spout has the same peony flowers. The foot and the base are glazed.
title:	drinking vessel

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased in the Malay States


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: One of twenty-five pieces of Chinese pottery and porcelain given by Ivor H.N. Evans, MA, Clare College

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98867


SUBJECTS
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rock
grasshopper
butterfly
peony
rock
grasshopper
butterfly
peony



TECHNIQUES
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hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue
painting underglaze
TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: hard-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1600 - 1644
creation date earliest:	1600
creation date latest:	1644
culture:	Ming Dynasty

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 17.8



CITATIONS
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Chinese Blue & White Ceramics
Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine
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