Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1400 - 1500; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, hard-paste porcelain, thrown with applied handles, decorated in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.693-1991]
Description: Vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue. The dish mouth is slightly flared, and the cylindrical neck has applied S-scroll handles. The rounded body is waisted on the lower part with a rib above the spreading foot, with flat, recessed glazed base. The exterior of the dish mouth is painted with a key-pattern border, the neck with a flower spray between the scroll handles, the body with blossom and leaves, and the flared foot with artemesia leaves.
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