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Kuan jar
Kuan jar and pierced wooden cover. Light buff stoneware, thrown, dark-brown glaze, carved and incised back to underglazed body. The wide-mouthed jar with vertical rim has high rounded shoulders tapering to a low foot and a slightly recessed, flat, unglazed base. The dark-brown glaze is spread unevenly round the mouth rim. The jar is decorated in sgraffito, which is more ornate on the front than the rear. The chocolate slip glaze is carved through with a band of scrolling peony decorating the shoulders and another band of scrolling peony below. A border of solid dark-brown glaze descends to the foot.
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: 36.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
14th Century
Circa
1368
-
1400
Cover
composed of
wood (plant material)
Jar
composed of
stoneware
Height 35.2 cm
Jar And Cover
Height 45 cm
Decoration
Accession number: C.617 & A-1991
Primary reference Number: 21083
Old object number: CHICER/295
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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