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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jarlet

13th century-14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jarlet, globular, with a short neck and spreading, rolled mouth rim, and straight, narrow solid foot. The body is a relatively coarse yellowish-grey stoneware, the glaze an opaque chocolate-brown and stopping well above the foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Black ware. Jarlet, grey stoneware with dark brown glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in south China, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Physical description
Jarlet, globular, with a short neck and spreading, rolled mouth rim, and straight, narrow solid foot. The body is a relatively coarse yellowish-grey stoneware, the glaze an opaque chocolate-brown and stopping well above the foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Sir John Addis KCMG
Object history
According to the donor, FE.99 to 105-1975 are seven pieces acquired in mid-1967 from the Barrio Gatid site, Laguna near Manila, and probably all came from one grave: they are of interest in comprising several quite distinct types of ware.
Production
Register
Collection
Accession number
FE.100-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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