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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jarlet

first half of 14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jarlet with globular body and short neck with reinforced mouth rim flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles; concave base. The somewhat bluish glaze is decorated with about seventeen dashes of blackish iron-brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed porcelain decorated in iron-oxide
Brief description
Jarlet, qingbai-glazed porcelain decorarated with iron-brown spots; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jiangxi province), Yuan dynasty, first half of 14th century
Physical description
Jarlet with globular body and short neck with reinforced mouth rim flanked by a pair of tubular lug handles; concave base. The somewhat bluish glaze is decorated with about seventeen dashes of blackish iron-brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Sir John Addis KCMG
Object history
The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36.
Production
Register
Bibliographic references
  • Addis, J. M. "Chinese porcelain found in the Philippines", in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, Plate 44 and p. 30.
  • Joseph, Adrian M. Chinese and Annamese ceramics found in the Philippines and Indonesia. London: Hugh Moss (Publishing) Ltd., 1973, Plate 35-36.
  • Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968, Plate 77, p. 94.
Collection
Accession number
FE.69-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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