IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 20959 accession number: C.587-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bearded groom. White earthenware, moulded with traces of cold paint and red pigment. The figure has a large pointed beard and a pronounced nose, and wears a hat. He is dressed in a long coat with a lapel tied at the waist with a belt, with a sash draped down his back, and long trousers. Standing upright, his right arm is raised forward with a clenched fist (it appears as though he was once holding something), and his left arm hangs down. His left leg and foot turns out. Traces of red pigment are on his coat and face, and darker pigment is on the hat. title: figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased from Franck, February 1921 by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950) for £6.10s.0d; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: H.S. Reitlinger creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20959 PEOPLE ------------------- male TECHNIQUES ---------- earthenware, moulded with cold paint decoration moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 700 - 800 creation date earliest: 700 creation date latest: 800 culture: Tang Dynasty (618-907) culture: 8th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 12.2 dimension: Height units: cm value: 36.9 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Chinese Ceramics Recent and Rare CITATIONS -------- Tang and Liao Ceramics --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_587_1991_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/mid_C_587_1991_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_587_1991_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/preview_C_587_1991_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_587_1991_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/mid_C_587_1991_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_587_1991_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/preview_C_587_1991_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels