Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1400 - 1500; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, porcelain, thrown with applied handles, decorated in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.690-1991]
Description: Baluster vase. Hard-paste porcelain, decorated in underglaze-blue. The heavily potted vase has a cylindrical neck with applied lug handles below the rounded dish mouth. It has rounded shoulders, and the body tapers into a deep raised foot with flat, unglazed base. The vase is covered in a pale sea-green, celadon crackle glaze. The neck is painted with bamboo sprays either side of the lug handles, and flowering shrubs are painted on the body.
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