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Description: | Artist: Unknown, pottery; Classification(s): porcelain, bottle; Acquisition: given by Tapp, Dr W.M., 1934, Given by Dr W.M. Tapp [C.31-1934]
Description: Octagonal bottle with crane and bamboo. Porcelain, thrown, shaped, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The tall neck has a projecting rim and spreads towards a pear shaped body. The bottle is painted in underglaze blue with a large flying crane and with a slump of bamboo on the reverse. The glaze is greyish-white and the body heavy and thick. The foot is outlined with a single blue line and the footing shows traces of fine sand from the support. | 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 Unknown bottle | 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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