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Factory: Unknown
Tea jar with stopper and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Jar of cylindrical shape resting on an inverted, knife cut, unglazed footring with flat, recessed glazed base and four character mark in underglaze blue. The body is painted with two figures in a thatched house by a river surrounded by trees and mountainous landscape. A tight scroll and flower head border encircles the pacton (white bronze) neck stopper and cover which is undecorated. A single line in underglaze blue encircles the foot.
History note: W. Peer Groves Collection. 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: 7.0 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868)
Early 20th century
Circa
1900
-
1925
Japanese, Kyoto
Cover
composed of
white bronze
Neck
composed of
white bronze
Stopper
composed of
white bronze
Body
Decoration
Inscription present: rectangular brown inscribed in blue/black ink
Inscription present: rectangular white label
Inscription present: 4-character mark in underglaze-blue (Heian Seigo)
Accession number: C.736 & A & B-1991
Primary reference Number: 21734
Old object number: JAPCER/176
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Tea caddy" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21734 Accessed: 2022-11-27 20:22:58
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