Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1368 - 1644; Classification(s): stoneware, vase, throwing, stoneware, white crackled glazed vase with applied lion mask terminals and loop handles; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.645-1991]
Description: Vase. Grey stoneware with white crackle glaze, with applied lion mask terminals and loop handles. The vase is tall, cylindrical and slender with a very short neck and flat everted mouth rim, narrow shoulders tapering to the footrim and a recessed, flat, glazed base. The lion mask and ring terminals are applied to the shoulders and are covered all-over in cream/white crackle glaze.