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Globular celadon vase (squat bottle). Buff coloured stoneware, covered all over with a dark olive-green celdaon-glaze, incised and combed with a peony and lotus design. The vase has a short neck with rolled, everted mouth rim, and wide shoulders tapering to a ridge above the flat foot. It is decorated with an incised ring, circling the mouth rim, and three incised and combed bands of lotus and peony designs.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 19.5 cm
Height: 15.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Northern Song (960-1127)
11th-12th Century#
Circa
1000
-
1200
Northern celadon ware
Decoration
Throwing
: Thrown, covered with celadon-glaze, decorated with incised and combed designs
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: round, white, serrated label, remains of an ink number, only 29 is visible
Accession number: C.632-1991
Primary reference Number: 21001
Old object number: CHICER/241
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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