Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1368 - 1644; Classification(s): earthenware, vase, throwing, buff earthenware covered in aubergine glaze and thrown in sections; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.642-1991]
Description: Meiping, monochrome vase. Buff earthenware, thrown in sections and covered in aubergine glaze. The vase has high shoulders, small neck and slightly everted mouth rim. The splayed foot and the recessed, flat base is painted brown. The body of the vase has horizontal lines from the wheel circle, and is covered in aubergine-colour glaze.
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