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Jug
Jug, pale cream-coloured earthenware with a slightly greeny-yellow tinge to the glaze, standing on a rounded spreading raised foot, globular body sloping inwards at ths shoulder to a cylindrical neck, beak spout moulded with to the underside the mask of a human face, double intertwined handle with moulded flower heads and leaves to the terminals; painted in underglaze blue with around the exterior body a stylized oriental landscape showing a pagoda, rocks and trees. The foot-rim chipped, the body cracked around the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35624
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/11/1939
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.3
diam
(cm): 11
Width
(in): 14.5
Height
(in): 6
diam
(in): 4
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
creamware
glaze
Location
In store
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