Jar with Design of Floral Petals

This jar with a globular body and a short neck is decorated with five applied rows of grooved floral petals like those of a chrysanthemum. Each petal is attached to the body so as to ensure a definitive curve and ends in a small pointed tail pressed onto the contour of the jar. The rows end well above the thick foot and below the slightly incurved mouth rim. Dipped twice in white slip—clay thinned with water—and covered with a very thin clear glaze, the surface is predominately matte and resembles cake icing. The slips end in two straight lines low on the body while the clear glaze drips toward the foot and is also applied as a thin coating on the interior of the vessel.