Jar
14th century (made)
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Two-handled jar of globular form with depressed shoulder and short neck with rolled flip flanked by a pair of tubular loop handles; concave, unglazed base. The jar is assembled from two horizontally-joined halves, moulded with low relief decoration comprising on the lower half a band of petals, and above, one of a continuous scroll with peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and camellia blooms, with another of classic scroll round the shoulder. The grey-green glaze does not quite reach the foot, where the light grey burnt body is exposed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with moulded relief decoration under celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Longquan ware. Two-handled jar, stoneware with moulded relief decoration under celadon glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Zhejiang province), Yuan dynasty, 14th century |
| Physical description | Two-handled jar of globular form with depressed shoulder and short neck with rolled flip flanked by a pair of tubular loop handles; concave, unglazed base. The jar is assembled from two horizontally-joined halves, moulded with low relief decoration comprising on the lower half a band of petals, and above, one of a continuous scroll with peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and camellia blooms, with another of classic scroll round the shoulder. The grey-green glaze does not quite reach the foot, where the light grey burnt body is exposed. |
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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.51-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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