Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1522 - 1566; Classification(s): porcelain, vase, throwing, hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue with iron-red and green enamels; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.647-1991]
Description: Vase. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue with iron-red and green enamels. Gourd shaped vase with twelve lobed, vertical panels, each decorated alternately in underglaze-blue, and iron-red and green, with waterbirds, fish and flowers. The mouth rim is unglazed on the exterior and beneath it is a band of scrolling lotus. The foot is slightly flared, with a flat, recessed base; above the footrim is a deep band dotted with small flower heads.
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