Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1600 - 1644; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze blue, with a turned, wooden cover; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.710 & A-1991]
Description: Ginger jar with turned, domed wooden cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The ovoid body tapers towards the slightly countersunk, unglazed base and is painted with magpies (?) flying amongst bamboo, peony and rocks. The neck is unglazed.
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