Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1300 - 1368; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, hard-paste porcelain, thrown, painted in underglaze blue, with base and interior unglazed; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.689A-1991]
Description: Vase with elephant handles. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue. The pear-shaped vase has a slender neck, thick, rounded lip, and two elephant head and fixed-ring handles. The body tapers to a deep, flared foot with deep flat, recessed base. The elephant handles are finely painted with eyes, eyelashes, tusks and ears, and the fixed rings with single circle ornament. On each side of the body are elegant peony sprays in blue. The interior is unglazed, as is the base which is covered with a red, sandy deposit.
Of a pair of vases, with C.689B-1991.