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Museum Accession No.: EA1978.690 Catalogue No.: 19 Object type: Tankard Kiln/Location: Blue-and-white, Arita Period/Date: 1660-80 Dimensions: H. 15.5 cm, D. 13.4 cm Provenance: Reitlinger gift Description: Tankard. Stoneware shape, rounded body, loop handle moulded to point at bottom and pierced for mount, tall cylindrical neck. Underglaze blue decoration: crowded, sketchy version of a Chinese Transitional landscape with figures in groups of two and three. On neck, a band of lozenge ornament. On handle, band of triangle and dot ornament. Exhibited: Similar Example: Illustrated:	Main View
	Detail of Decoration

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