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Factory: Unidentified Delft factory
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue with an Emperor in a chariot and other figures in a Chinese landscape
Pale buff earthenware tin-glazed and painted in blue. Of octagonal baluster form with a domed cover with an octagonal flange, a large round knob, and an internal circular rim. The body is decorated with a Chinese landscape with an emperor in a two-wheeled chariot pushed by a naked man, in front of it are two more figures, one of whom bears a parasol. Round the shoulder and on the lid are lambrequins filled with conventional flowers and scrolls in reserve. Below the scene there is a horizontal band of small panels wth figures in landscapes alternating with foliated motifs, and below that, a foliated motif on each facet. The dome of the cover is decorated with lambrequins matching those on the shoulder,but pointing upwards, and on the flange has alternating pointed leave's and fungus (?). The junction of the knob and cover is encircled by three narrow blue bands. The top of the knob is painted with a man in a landscape below which are two narrow horizontal bands and a row of downward pointing V shapes. On the base and cover is the mark V over L.
History note: Max and Maurice Rosenheim Collection; sold Sotheby's, 3-4 May 1923, Catalogue of the collection of porcelain & pottery formed by the late Max Rosenheim Esq., FSA and Maurice Rosenheim, FSA., day 2, lot 260, ‘An important delft octagonal vase and cover, painted in blue with Chinese subjects, white on blue lambrequin on the shoulder, mark: VL in monogram, 26 inches, about 1660’; bought for £23 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequerst
Height: 66.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1685
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
Vase
Height 51 cm
Base
Width 25.6 cm
pale buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, formed externally to create eight facets, tin-glazed and painted in blue; the cover made separately
Forming
Tin-glazing
Inscription present: V is over the upright of the L
Accession number: C.2479 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 73572
Old object number: 4434
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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