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Bowl: OC.4-1938

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Sau ts'ai ware bowl of white porcelain, with a fine turquoise glaze. Decorated with lotus leaves in purple and white with raised relief cloissons to retain the colours

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Leonard D. Cunliffe, 1937

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 18.1 cm
Height: 9.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Cunliffe, Leonard Daneham

Dating

Ming Dynasty
1368 - 1644

Materials used in production

Glaze
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Raised relief
Glazing
Cloisonné

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.4-1938
Primary reference Number: 77715
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 14 July 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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