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Fragment of a jug: C.4.58-1964

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

White earthenware with blue tinted glaze (pearlware), painted underglaze in blue. The jug has a circular recessed base, straight sides sloping outwards towards the rim, and a sparrow-beak lip. The back of the jug with its handle are missing. The exterior is decorated in Chinese style with a a house beside a fence flanked by trees and grasses, above which are five groups of three dots representing flying birds. Inside the rim and lip there is a crisss-cross border between horizontal lines, and below, a scalloped line with groups of three dots hanging from the points.

Notes

History note: Found in an excavation in London by G.F. Lawrence of Wandsworth, and given by him to Bernard Rackham (1876-1964)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

18th Century, Late
1780 CE - 1800 CE

Note

This jug belongs to a large class of underglaze blue painted pearlware which feature a small Chinese house or pagoda flanked by trellis fences and differently shaped trees, often with birds or dots representing groups of birds in the sky above. Different factories had their own versions of the basic design, but few pieces bear factory marks.

School or Style

Chinese

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt
Base Diameter 4.9 cm

Materials used in production

blue-tinted Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 29 or 39
  • Location: On the base
  • Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.58-1964
Primary reference Number: 74892
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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