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Jar: OC.99-1946

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Dark stoneware jar with a minutely crackled cream coloured glaze. Painted in brown with a thrush amid foliage

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 13.3 cm
Height: 19.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

Ming Dynasty
1368 - 1644

Materials used in production

Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.99-1946
Primary reference Number: 77881
Oscar Raphael number: 30
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 August 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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