Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1600; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, hard-paste 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.698-1991]
Description: Lobed jar. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a wide mouth, the rounded sides taper into a low foot with flat, recessed base. The shoulders are decorated with four panels enclosing flower heads reserved on a background of swastika design. The lobed body is decorated with two magpies (?) perched among peony, chrysanthemum and bamboo, above two underglaze blue lines which encircle the foot.
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