Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1570 - 1630; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, moulding, hard-paste porcelain, moulded in eight lobes, decorated in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.711-1991]
Description: Eight lobed baluster jar. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar is moulded in eight lobes, with a short neck, rounded, sloping shoulders tapering to foot, and a flat, glazed, recessed base. A band of key-fret pattern decorates the neck, and the shoulders have a band of petal-shaped lappets. The lobed body has an over-all design of tendrilled vine gourds with four tree rats gnawing at the fruit. Above the foot is a two-lined border and a band of petal-shaped lappets.
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