the steep gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a creamy-white slip and transparent glaze, the well with five small spur marks, the glaze finishing unevenly above the unglazed foot revealing the buff-colored stoneware body

Paul Mellon, Paris.
Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Gifted  to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1946 (acc. no. 1946-949).

The rim with one shallow chip and fritting and there s a long crack through the base (approx 13 cm)the surface with extensive ware resulting in a matte finish, crazing and discoloration of the glaze and areas of gray speckling.
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