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Blue-and-white ewer with European silver mountsside

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Blue-and-white ewer with European silver mounts

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Europe › Germany (possible place of creation)
    Europe (original location)
    Date
    ewer 1640 - 1670
    mounts late 18th century
    Material and technique
    porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue; silver mounts
    Dimensions
    21.3 x 19 x 10.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    width and depth at foot 21.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › porcelain,
    processed material › metal › silver
    Technique index
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted,
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    glazed,
    more
    Object type index
    container › vessel › ewer,
    component › fixture/fitting › mount
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1938

  • 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. 48 on p. 33, illus. p. 33

Glossary (2)

porcelain, underglaze painting

  • 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.

  • 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.

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