Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1075 - 1100; Classification(s): porcelain, bowl, throwing, thrown, covered with glaze, decorated with incised and combed designs; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.637-1991]
Description: Bowl. Finely potted, white porcelain, covered with a transparent green/blue glaze, and incised decoration. The bowl is gently flaring with a thick, slightly recessed base, the footrim is tall and neatly formed. There is no decoration on the outside. The inside is decorated with an incised and combed, freely drawn floral motif of lotus blossom and foliage, and a plain band beneath the rim.