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Fritware, mould made, slipped in white and painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Pinkish fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip, carved and painted in blue and outlined in black under a clear glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with everted bracketed rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: On the upper body a series of lappets are lightly carved. The roundel is framed by a multi-bracketed band of scrolls and cloud bands. A bracketed roundel contains two qilins back to back painted on a background of four lobbed medallions and scrolling lines reserved in blue.
Exterior: on the lower body a series of over-lapping waves painted are reserved in blue. The glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring and four character marks are painted in black on the base.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 1995 g
Width: 42.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-05-03) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century, Mid#
Circa
1640
CE
-
Circa
1660
CE
Exterior Lower Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
Interior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
Base
Diameter 21.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 42.5 cm
Interior Cavetto
colourless
Glaze
white
Slip coating
Fritware
Moulding
: Pinkish fritware, mould made, coated in a white slip, carved and painted in blue and outlined in black under a clear glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Inscription present: painted under the glaze
Accession number: C.481-1991
Primary reference Number: 75243
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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