IDENTIFIERS
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id:	74317
accession number:	C.30-1924

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 17 June 2015

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Stoneware drinking vessel (kendi) in the form of an elephant with underglaze blue decorations.  The glaze is very glossy, and the base is unglazed  
The vessel has a tall spreading handle, which is decorated with a prunus tree and bird.  The mouth serves as a spout, the eyes are outlined in blue, and there is a cloud collar on the shoulders.  A blanket hangs down the elephant's sides and is decorated with a variety of motfis: a thunder pattern, a jui pattern on a scallopped ground, another thunder patter, than a fringe.  A small tail on the back is in underglaze blue, as are the trappings on the haunches.  The base is slightly conclave.
title:	drinking vessel

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased in the Malay states


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: One of twenty-five pieces of Chinese pottery and porcelain given by Ivor H.N. Evans, MA, Clare College

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74317





TECHNIQUES
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glaze

CATEGORIES
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category: stoneware

DATING
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culture:	Ming Dynasty

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 16



CITATIONS
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Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine
Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red: Decorated Porcelains
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