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Jarlet

14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)
Philippines (excavated)

Jarlet, ovoid with eight concave sides and short tapering neck, having two tubular lugs at the shoulder. Flat base, moulded in which is a Chinese character perhaps 'ping', meaning 'ordinary'. Well painted in dark purplish-blue with a spray of blackberry lily on three of the eight sides.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Jarlet
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Porcelain
Blue and White
Brief description
Jarlet, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Yuan dynasty, 14th century
Physical description
Jarlet, ovoid with eight concave sides and short tapering neck, having two tubular lugs at the shoulder. Flat base, moulded in which is a Chinese character perhaps 'ping', meaning 'ordinary'. Well painted in dark purplish-blue with a spray of blackberry lily on three of the eight sides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8cm
Styles
Yuan
Blue and White (Asia)
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
Label
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
Bibliographic references
  • Addis, J. M., "Early blue and White excavated in the Philippines", Manila trade pottery seminar : introductory notes., Manila : Research Foundation in Philippine Anthropology & Archaeology, 1976, Vol. 4, p. 1 etc.
  • Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, Plate 39a.
  • Joseph, Adrian M. Chinese and Annamese ceramics found in the Philippines and Indonesia. London: Hugh Moss (Publishing) Ltd., 1973, Plate 47.
  • Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968, Plate 84.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.12-1975

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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