Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1368 - 1600; Classification(s): stoneware, figure, modeling (forming), stoneware, modelled and painted underglaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.597-1991]
Description: Figure. Stoneware, modelled, cream glaze painted in underglaze iron. A boy reclines on an artemesia leaf, with his feet crossed and arms holding (?) a large brush over his stomach. His head rests on a rolled pillow. Dark-brown flower motifs decorate his legs and dark-brown is used to depict his hair, features, hands, brush and upper body dress. Leaf-shaped base.