Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1600; Classification(s): stoneware, figure, moulding, stoneware, celadon glaze, cobalt blue eyes and pierced for insertion of hair; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.599-1991]
Description: Seated official or God. Solid stoneware, with celadon glaze, cobalt blue eyes and pierced for insertion of hair. Official seated with legs apart and left hand on knee. Its flowing robes are held with an oval buckle over a large stomach. The centre back is unglazed.
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