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Unidentified Nevers factory
(Production)
Earthenware, thrown, with applied handles, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue and manganese-purple. The vase is of inverted bell-shape with an everted rim, and stands on a cylindrical foot. It has two loop handles, each formed by plaited coils with a scroll at the top and bottom. On each side it is painted with a Chinese figures in a landscape in late Ming style, above which round the mouth there is a formal border of scrolls and linear motifs. The handles are decorated with spots.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 30.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Second half of 17th century
Louis XIV (1638-1715)
1660
-
1700
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue from cobalt and manganese-purple) Surface composed of tin-glaze Body
Accession number: C.2302-1928
Primary reference Number: 76709
Old object number: 1331
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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