IDENTIFIERS
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id:	21741
accession number:	C.738-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 13 March 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Oval base for incense container (C.738-1991). Hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue.  The oval base has a wavy outer rim and is moulded with the scaly tail of the dragon. The rocks are painted in underglaze blue with incised wave patterns in white.  Unglazed base with concave centre.  The interior has an unglazed inner rim and white glazed body.
title:	base

NOTES
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type: history note
value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21741


SUBJECTS
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dragon
rocks
dragon
rocks



TECHNIQUES
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glazing (coating)

CATEGORIES
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category: porcelain
category: hard-paste porcelain

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1880
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1880
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 22.7



IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_738_1991_281_29.jpg
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width: 760 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
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width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_738_1991_281_29.jpg
height: 550 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_738_1991_281_29.jpg
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width: 250 pixels


surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_738_1991_282_29.jpg
height: 550 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/mid_C_738_1991_282_29.jpg
height: 362 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/C_738_1991_282_29.jpg
height: 550 pixels
width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa10/preview_C_738_1991_282_29.jpg
height: 181 pixels
width: 250 pixels