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Large pilgrim bottle with birds in trees
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen (place of creation)
- Date
- 1720 - 1760
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue; gold lacquer repair
- Dimensions
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49.5 cm (height)
37.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 19.5 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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container › vessel › bottle › pilgrim-bottle
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1279
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 121 on p. 55, illus. p. 55
Glossary (3)
lacquer, porcelain, underglaze painting
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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