Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1570 - 1630; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, hard-paste porcelain, thrown and moulded, decorated in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.717-1991]
Description: Eight-lobed double gourd vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The neck is moulded in eight lobes and painted with a band of scrolling peony heads. The lobed, upper body is painted with scrolling peonies with a similar band is round the waist. The lower lobe is painted with scrolling peonies and tendrils above a border of petals and blue lines. The base is flat, recessed, and unglazed.
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