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Jar: C.615-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Jar. Buff stoneware, thrown, covered in white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown. High shouldered, wide-mouthed jar with rounded foot and flat, recessed, unglazed base. The shoulders are decorated with alternate flower swirls and lotus flowers within a lined border. The body is painted with lotus flowers and foliage alternately with sgraffito details, again within a lined border. The slip finishes in an uneven line above the footrim. Grooves encircle the body under the slip and glaze.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Franck, April 1921, for £10.0s.0d by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1923 and returned 1986; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 17.3 cm
Height: 17 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Yuan
14th Century
Circa 1300 - 1368

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( white)

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: oval white label, with black border

  • Text: 32
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.615-1991
Primary reference Number: 21054
Old object number: CHICER/847

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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