Skip to main content

Vase: O.56-1946

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: In storage

Entities

Categories

Description

Pale green jade with white spots all over, in the shape of a vase and carved with lotus flowers and leaves

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael, 1941. Received 1946

Measurements and weight

Height: 28.8 cm
Width: 9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century#
1400 - 1499

Materials used in production

Nephrite

Techniques used in production

Carving

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.56-1946
Primary reference Number: 138816
Oscar Raphael: 67
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 17 January 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 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://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138816 Accessed: 2024-03-29 02:35:21

Citation for Wikipedia

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

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138816 |title=Vase |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 02:35:21|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://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-138816

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/aa20/O_56_1946.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...