Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1400 - 1600; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, hard-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.696-1991]
Description: Meiping vase. Hard-paste porcelain, thrown, and painted in underglaze-blue. The vase has a short neck with everted, rounded mouth rim flaring gently out to the foot. It has a shallow, uneven footrim tapering in with flat, barely recessed, unglazed base. The shoulders are decorated with three lappets of lotus divided by clouds, above a central panel of scrolling lotus, beneath which is a band of geometric lappets.
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