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Vase: OC.65-1946

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Grey stoneware vase, with a slender ovoid body, covered with a greenish brown glaze. The vase has a short neck with sloping ridge, and is incised with an overlapping palmate leaf design. Tz'u chou ware

Notes

History note: Bought from C. T. Loo, Shanghai, March 1935. Exhibited at the Orangerie, Paris, 1937

Legal notes

O.C. Raphael Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 19.1 cm
Height: 40.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

Song Dynasty#
960 - 1279

Materials used in production

Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing
Incising

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Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.65-1946
Primary reference Number: 77789
Oscar Raphael: 122
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 26 November 2020 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

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

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