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Factory: Unidentified Delft factory
Flower vase in the form of a Chinese sage or deity with three spouts for flowers on his head and shoulders, of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. The figure is supported on a low rectangular base with two arches cut away at the front and back, and one at each end to produce six low feet. The sage or deity stands with his feet together flanked by low branches.eity has a curly moustache, and a beard. He wears a long gown decorated with flowers, a vertical panel of scrolls, and border patterns. His right arm is bent across his chest, and with his left hand he holds his robe across his body. Three flower spouts decorated with scattered flowers spring from his head and shoulders. The base is decorated with stylized flower heads reserved in a blue ground.
History note: Debenham & Freebody, Wigmore Street, London from whom purchased on 12 June 1896 for £1.10.0 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 18 cm
Width: 11.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
It has been suggested that this model might have been made in Braunschweig in Germany
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
Base
Depth 6.1 cm
Width 9 cm
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed, and painted in cobalt-blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.2524B-1928
Primary reference Number: 86588
Old object number: 179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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