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Potter: Unknown
Grey earthenware, thrown, turned, assembled and burnished. Indistinctly inscribed in Chinese characters inside foot.
History note: Purchased from Sotheby's, 10th December 1933 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950) for £6.0s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Diameter: 45.4 cm
Height: 37.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Qin (style and period)
Western Han
-0200
-
-0300
Throwing
: Earthenware, thrown, turned, assembled and burnished
Turning
Assembling
Burnishing (polishing)
Accession number: C.603-1991
Primary reference Number: 20943
Old object number: CHICER/311
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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