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Factory:
Bianchi, Giovanni Giacomo
(Probably)
Maker:
Unidentified Albisola factory
(Possibly)
Maiolica bottle, painted in blue with an Oriental style design of rocks and foliage, with deer, birds and a rabbit.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall except for edge of the base. Painted in blue. Square bottle with rounded shoulders and short cylindrical neck; very light for its size.
The four sides are decorated in Oriental style with rocks and foliage amongst which are respectively a deer and a flying parrot, a deer and two perched exotic birds, a deer and one perched exotic bird, and a rabbit and two perched exotic birds. The sides have double lines running along the lower edge, arched lines at the top, and a wide vertical line between two narrow lines on the corners. Each shoulder is decorated with a flower and sprays of leaves enclosed in a heart-shaped outline, and round the neck are paired leaves on a continuous stem between horizontal bands. The base is marked with a crown over a shield charged with a cross.
History note: Cambridge, Freeman's sale, 27 January 1904; purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 21.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century
Circa
1730
CE
-
1780
CE
Wanli
calligrafico naturalistico
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( in blue from cobalt)
Base
Square 8.8 cm
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing
: Earthenware, tin-glazed overall except for edge of the base. Painted in blue.
Painting
Accession number: C.2229-1928
Primary reference Number: 73267
Old object number: 2009
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73267 Accessed: 2024-12-27 01:58:46
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