1786
Plain elliptical form with cypher on one side and crest of stag with dagger in head on the other; straight spout; ear-shaped ebonized wooden handle and finial.
13.65 x 26.19 x 8.89 cm (5 3/8 x 10 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
C. R. Simpkins, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang, county, Fujian province
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