Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1430 - 1470; Classification(s): porcelain, charger, throwing, porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.718-1991]
Description: Charger. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The charger is heavily potted, widely flared, with well-rounded sides resting on a low tapered footring. The interior is boldly painted with five lotus heads on scrolling foliage at the centre, within a band of classic-scroll and a border of six similar lotus heads on scrolling foliage, on the sides, within a double-line border. The exterior is decorated with seven similar lotus heads and scrolling foliage above a classic-scroll border. The base is unglazed.
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