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Bowl. Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. The bowl is uneven, with flared sides resting on a low foot with flat, recessed, glazed base. It is decorated on the outside with two fishes with a lined border, and on the inside with a central medallion of a fish within a double-lined border and a triangle work border round the rim, all in underglaze-blue under a crackle glaze. Crudely made.
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: 17.2 cm
Height: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
15th Century#
Circa
1400
CE
-
1500
CE
Chinese or Vietnamese
Decoration
Throwing
: Pottery, thrown, decorated in underglaze blue, crudely made
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: round, serrated, white
Inscription present: remains of a red rectangular label
Accession number: C.705-1991
Primary reference Number: 21195
Old object number: CHICER/253
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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