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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1800; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, porcelain painted underglaze in copper-red with two applied lion masks and ring; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.657-1991]
Description: Baluster jar with applied lion masks and rings. Hard-paste porcelain painted underglaze in copper red. The jar has a flared neck with rounded lip, and rounded shoulders with two applied lion masks and ring, tapering towards the flared foot. The base is flat, recessed, and glazed; the under footrim is unglazed. A wide band of honeycomb pattern decorates the neck. The body is painted with scrolling peony with four peony flower heads alternating with emblems, a sword and gourd vase, a basket of flowers, a flute and scrolls, and a fan and scrolls. Beneath is a band of ruji heads, below which there is a border of two fishes, and finally a border of gongs and flower heads with pendant tassles. | 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=Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); start=1700; 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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