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Eight-lobed double gourd vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The neck is moulded in eight lobes and painted with a band of scrolling peony heads. The lobed, upper body is painted with scrolling peonies with a similar band is round the waist. The lower lobe is painted with scrolling peonies and tendrils above a border of petals and blue lines. The base is flat, recessed, and unglazed.
History note: Purchased from Sotheby's, 27 October 1933, Reginald Le May Collection, for £1.0s.0d, part Lot 71; 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: 16.8 cm
Height: 25.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1570
-
1630
Body
Decoration
Neck
Accession number: C.717-1991
Primary reference Number: 21257
Old object number: CHICER/233
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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