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Saucer: C.733-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Saucer. Hard-paste porcelain thickly covered with a pale sea-green celadon-glaze. The saucer, resting on a high foot with recessed, glazed base, has rounded sides and an everted rim. The cavetto and rim are moulded in low relief with a radish and leaf decoration and the rim correspondingly in part with jagged leaf edge.

Notes

History note: Captain Jensen Collection. H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 15.1 cm
Height: 4.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)
18th Century
Circa 1700 CE - 1800 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of celadon glaze
Body

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular brown inscribed in black ink

  • Text: SETTSU SANDA - SEJI About 1780-1800
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: orange sticky label

  • Text: ''THE LOST CENTURY'' Exhibition - 1998. Cambridge and Edinburgh. Loan Number: 194
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.733-1991
Primary reference Number: 21712
Old object number: JAPCER/240

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 February 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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