Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 618 - 907; Classification(s): earthenware, jar, press-moulding, earthenware, press-moulded and incised with applied relief; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.609-1991]
Description: Globular jar. Buff earthenware, press-moulded and incised with applied relief. White, slipped and partially glazed in tones of iron brown and copper green. White rim and unglazed base. Eight anthemias leaf motifs in applied relief decorate the shoulders of the jar, and three incised lines circle the shoulders. Iron brown glaze runs downwards over the white slip and green glaze. The glaze stops in a fairly regular line halfway down the jar at nearly the widest place.