Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1530; Classification(s): porcelain, jar, throwing, hard-paste 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.701 & A-1991]
Description: Small jar and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The jar has a rounded mouth rim, sloping shoulders and body that tapers to a short foot with flat, recessed, glazed base. It is decorated with pine, bamboo and prunus, The three friends, entwined with longevity characters. The shoulders have four roundels inscribed Fu Shou Kang Ning (Good Fortune, Longevity, Health and Tranquility) reserved on a swastika-diaper ground. The cover has a similar diaper pattern and domed finial.
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