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Bottle: C.626-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Bottle. Buff stoneware, thrown and turned, and painted (and perhaps partly stencilled) in iron-brown under a crazed, speckled olive green/brown glaze. Vase with tall, ovoid body, sloping shoulders and small neck with thickly potted, everted mouth rim. The body tapers gently to a double footrim which is unglazed. The lower rim is deeply recessed and flat. The vase is decorated with two birds, one sitting on a blossom branch, the other exotic bird is in flight surrounded by peonies and foliage.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); 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: 10.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Ming
17th Century
Circa 1600 - 1644

Components of the work

Glaze composed of glaze ( speckled olive green/brown glaze)
Decoration

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown and turned, painted (and perhaps partly stencilled) in iron-brown under a crazed, speckled olive green/brown glaze
Turning

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: white, round label, with serrated edge

  • Text: 247
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.626-1991
Primary reference Number: 21100
Old object number: CHICER/288

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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