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Production: Drie Posteleyne Astonne
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue in Chinese style
Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed and painted in blue. The large oviform vase has a short cylindrical neck. The sides are decorated with eight vertical panels painted alternately with Chinese figures in gardens and landscapes or a large vase of flowers and foliage flanked by a vase of flowers on a table and flowers in a three-legged cauldron. Below there is a horizontal band of scrolls with pendant leaves, and round the shoulder a border of formal flower heads and scrolls.
History note: Unidentified vendor in Berlin; bought by Mr Dickinson of Dickinson & Son, Wigmore Street, London, from whom purchased shortly after its arrival from Berlin on 8 November 1900 for £35 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 55 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Circa
1685
CE
-
1700
CE
On accession by Glaisher the vase was attributed to Ghisbrecht Lambrechtz Kruyk or Cruyck, but without evidence. The GK mark is now attributed to Gerrit Pietersz Kamm the proprietor of the Drie Posteleyne Astonne between 1679 and 1700.
Decoration
composed of
cobalt
( blue derived from cobalt)
Base
Diameter 22 cm
pale bff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Throwing
: Pale buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2498-1928
Primary reference Number: 73600
Old object number: 1318
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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