Stem cup with inscription. Stoneware, iron-pigmented brown slip, cream slip and transparent glaze. Jizhou ware 吉州窯. Jizhou, Jiangxi province 江西省, 吉州区. Yuan dynasty, AD 1280–1368. PDF 314. British Museum © Trustees of the British Museum

Height: 107 mm. Jizhou stoneware stem cup. The cup is cream coloured. There are characters painted around the exterior in brown. The inscription reads: 天地日月,天下太[大]平, 知乎者者,秀炁安然, 長命富貴,金玉滿堂, 清原書堂,雲衢書堂. Tiandi riyue, tianxia tai [da] ping, zhihu zhezhe, xiuqi anran, changming fugui, Jinyu mantang, Qingyuan shutang, Yunqu shutang.

Bibliographic reference: Medley, Margaret, Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares, London, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1980