Jar: C.14-2003

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

• Jar

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Globular jar of hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in dark greyish-blue with lappets, stylized flowers, and horizontal bands

Jar. Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, painted underglaze in dark greyish-blue; base unglazed. Of depressed globular form with a short narrow neck; base slightly recessed. Painted on the should er with a circle of petal lappets between pairs of concentric circles, and on the side with three stylized flower heads (chyrsanthemums?) with a curving stem and leaves between them, and pairs of horizontal bands above and below. Under this there are three spaced out leaves with one horizontal band below.

Notes

History note: From the Hoi An Hoard; sold by Butterfields, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, California on either 11-12 October or 4 December 2000, Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, Important Vietnamese Ceramics from a Late 15th/Early 16th century Cargo, probably day 1, or through their parent company, Ebay, over the internet. Peter Crabbe, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, from whom purchased by the Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum, bought from Peter Crabbe Antiques

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2003-10-13) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

15th Century, Late-16th Century, Early#
Circa 1480 - Circa 1520