Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1600; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, 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.713 & A-1991]
Description: Cylindrical jar and (possibly associated) cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a wide mouth, low rim, rounded shoulders and straight sides tapering to a low foot with recessed, glazed base. The rounded cover has a bud-shaped finial. Three single lines encircle the neck, with a border of lotus petals below. The body is decorated with a continuous scene showing a pavilion, seated sage, boy with a buffalo, a river and a lady in landscape, above three single lines encircling the foot. The cover has four lappets of flower heads divided by cloud scrolls.
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