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Vase: C.743-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Vase. Earthenware, covered in a cream slip, and decorated in iron-brown and cream crackle glaze. The ovoid body has sloping shoulders, a narrow neck and widely flaring mouth. The body tapers to the flat, unglazed foot and a flat, recessed base with cream crackle glaze around the inner foot and a splash in the centre of the base. The body is covered in a cream slip and decorated with a central border in iron-brown of three cross-hatch panels and three circles containing scrolls. The border is between iron-brown lines and a single blue line with a double blue line border above and below, under a greyish glaze. The lower half of the body has a mottled cream/grey tint and pitting.

Notes

History note: 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: 16.5 cm
Height: 31.9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kyoto ⪼ Japan

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa 1870 - 1900

Note

Japanese, Kyoto

Components of the work

Glaze composed of glaze ( grey)
Body
Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white, torn illegibly

  • Text: ....about....-60 or Kioto...
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue/black ink
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.743-1991
Primary reference Number: 21754
Old object number: CHICER/191
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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