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Baluster jar
Square section baluster jar and cover with wooden stand. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The square section vase has a short neck, rounded mouth lip, and rounded body that tapers to a straight foot with flat, recessed, glazed base. The domed square section cover has an angled, bud-shaped finial. The jar is painted on all sides with five-claw dragons, phoenixes and the eight precious emblems below a border of ruyi head lappets around the shoulders and scrolls on the neck. The cover is painted with the eight precious emblems and cloud scrolls.
As a pair with C.716.2 & A & B-1991.
History note: Purchased from Sotheby's, 25-28 April 1933, Stephen D. Winkworth Sale, for £11.0s.0d, Lot 175; 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: 17.6 cm
Height: 32 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
Wanli
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1573
-
1619
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue)
Stand
composed of
wood (plant material)
Jar
Height 26.6 cm
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.716.1 & A & B-1991
Primary reference Number: 21249
Old object number: CHICER/223(2)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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