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Hard paste porcelain funerary vase and cover. The vase is tall and slim, decorated at the top and on the cover with crude, applied scrolls and figures. On the top of the cover is a phoenix. In a frieze around the shoulders are twelve 'figures' (one missing), which are believed to be the deities of the zodiac.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 13.3 cm
Height: 63.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1905-04-10) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Six Dynasties
Production date:
before
AD 0618
: Pre T'ang
Accession number: C.20 & A-1927
Primary reference Number: 72981
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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