Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1300 - 1368; Classification(s): stoneware, jar, throwing, stoneware, thrown, white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.614-1991]
Description: Jar. Buff stoneware, thrown, white slip, painted and incised underglaze in iron-brown, firing crack. The high shouldered, wide-mouthed jar, with slightly everted footrim and flat, recessed base, is decorated with a border of alternate leaves and flowers between brown lines circling the shoulders, below which are painted alternate branches with leaves and larger flowers with sgraffito details within a lined border. The slip stops unevenly towards the base. The white slip inside is uneven and pitted on the base.