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(Production)
Buff earthenware ewer, in the form of a mermaid or harpy. With a pale green glaze.
History note: Bought from Bluett, November 1937
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael 1941, received 1946
Height: 17.8 cm
Length: 15.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1941)
by
Raphael, Oscar C.
Ming Dynasty
1368
-
1644
Accession number: OC.89-1946
Primary reference Number: 77859
Oscar Raphael: 75
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Ewer"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77859 Accessed: 2022-05-21 09:44:43
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