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.700-1991]
Description: Baluster jar. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a slightly everted mouth rim on a short neck. Its rounded body tapers to a high foot with deep, flat, recessed base. A leaf motif decorates the neck, whilst the shoulders are decorated with four panels enclosing flowering peach reserved on a diaper background. The body is decorated with a rocky, river landscape scene with three geese and shrubs and bamboo spray, beneath a scroll border.
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