Jar
14th century (made)
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Jarlet, globular with a short neck and rolled lip flanked by a pair of tubular loop-handles; flat base. On the upper half is a band of lotus-scroll decoration, with tendril sprays on the shoulder, and on the lower, a band of petal pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Longquan ware. Jarlet, stoneware with relief decoration under celadon glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Zhejiang province), Yuan dynasty, 14th century |
| Physical description | Jarlet, globular with a short neck and rolled lip flanked by a pair of tubular loop-handles; flat base. On the upper half is a band of lotus-scroll decoration, with tendril sprays on the shoulder, and on the lower, a band of petal pattern. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | FE.52-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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