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Charger. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The charger is heavily potted, widely flared, with well-rounded sides resting on a low tapered footring. The interior is boldly painted with five lotus heads on scrolling foliage at the centre, within a band of classic-scroll and a border of six similar lotus heads on scrolling foliage, on the sides, within a double-line border. The exterior is decorated with seven similar lotus heads and scrolling foliage above a classic-scroll border. The base is unglazed.
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: 51.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Ming
15th Century, Mid
Circa
1430
-
1470
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue)
Body
except base
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.718-1991
Primary reference Number: 21258
Old object number: JAPCER/102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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