Zhangzhou (Swatow) wares 1570-1650 - Matavans & Jarlets - Jarlets

Object 201055

Jarlet

(Southeast) China, Zhangzhou (Swatow)

1570-1650

Height 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter 49 mm (1.93 inch), diameter of rim 23 mm (0.91 inch), diameter of base 34 mm (1.34 inch), weight 69 grams (2.43 ounce (oz.))

Jarlet on footring, nearly vertical sides and an angled shoulder, a short upright neck, the base is unglazed. Crackled glaze. Decorated in underglaze blue, with two panels each filled with a deer or haze and rocks.

These jarlets were used in former times as containers of medicine. (Adhyatman 1999, pp.28-29)

Condition: Perfect.

Reference:

Adhyatman 1999, pp.28-29

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