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Zun vase
Square section zun vase with lion masks. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The vase is of beaker form and square in section. The compressed central section has four boldly modelled lion masks, which project in high relief, supported on a high splayed base and surmounted by a waisted neck. The nianhao is positioned on the galleried rim. The deep, moulded footrim has a wide rim, and underneath is a flat, unglazed base fractionally recessed. The mouth rim is painted with scrolling tendrils on three sides and a six-character Wanli mark centred on the fourth. The other section is painted with scaly dragons and a phoenix (Fenhuang) amongst foliage, with bands of stylised mountains and waves at the base of each section. The footrim has a raised band of wave decoration.
History note: Purchased from Sotheby's 25 April 1933, Stephen Winkworth Collection Sale, Lot 126, for £9.0s.0d; Henry Scipio 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 cm
Height: 32 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
Wanli
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1573
-
1619
Paint
composed of
enamel
( blue)
Decoration
Lion Masks
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue, with modelled lion masks projecting in high relief
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.702-1991
Primary reference Number: 21192
Old object number: CHICER/262
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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