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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Date(s): circa 1750 - 1800; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue, and glazed; Acquisition: given by Tapp, Dr W.M., 1930-02-15, Given by Dr W.M. Tapp [C.21-1930]
Description: Large jar with tortoise and crane designs. Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The body of this jar is almost globular and the neck straight; the foot is wider than the neck, giving the jar a stable appearance. In four roundels around the sides, divine tortoises and cranes are arranged in alternation, with a cloud or auspicious vapour issuing from the mouth of each tortoise, and with lots of free space around the designs. The glaze is of milky-white colour and crackled, the body is thick and heavy. On the base is an unexplained straight incised line and traces of sandy supports adhere to the footring. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain jar Unknown | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1750; end=1800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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