Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1000 - 1200; Classification(s): stoneware, vase, throwing, thrown, covered with celadon-glaze, decorated with incised and combed designs; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.632-1991]
Description: Globular celadon vase (squat bottle). Buff coloured stoneware, covered all over with a dark olive-green celdaon-glaze, incised and combed with a peony and lotus design. The vase has a short neck with rolled, everted mouth rim, and wide shoulders tapering to a ridge above the flat foot. It is decorated with an incised ring, circling the mouth rim, and three incised and combed bands of lotus and peony designs.