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Object 2011210
Jarlet
(Southeast) China, Zhangzhou (Swatow)
Late 16th century / first half 17th century
Height 41 mm (1.61 inch), diameter 61 mm (2.40 inch), diameter of rim 20 mm (0.79 inch), diameter of footring 40 mm (1.57 inch)
Jarlet on a flat, unglazed, base. Crackled glaze. Decorated in underglaze blue with two cartouches containing a carp leaping out the sea separated by a concentric wave pattern. Around the shoulder a lotus leaves pattern border and on the neck a single concentric band. On the base two old collectors numbers that read: 'M25' and '25'.
Condition: A partially unglazed rim, a chip to the rim.
References:
Lunsingh Scheurleer 1977, cat. 54
Price: Sold.