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Museum number
PDF.226
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Description
Longquan stoneware bowl with copper-bound rim. The bowl has pale greyish-green glaze. There are overlapping lotus petals carved on exterior.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 13thC
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Production place
- Made in: Longquan (area)
- (Asia,China,Zhejiang (province),Longquan Area)
- Made in: Longquan (area)
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Materials
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Ware
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 111 millimetres
- Diameter: 228 millimetres
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Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thCRoom 95 label text:
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Bowl with lotus petals
This bowl is decorated outside with a stylised overlapping lotus petal pattern and is a typical product of the southern Longquan kilns. Lotuses are a symbol of purity. Similar bowls were made for a long period in China and many were exported.
Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glaze
Longquan ware龍泉窯
Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省,龍泉地區
Yuan dynasty, about AD 1280–1368PDF 226青釉蓮瓣紋碗
此碗外壁刻重疊蓮瓣紋,這是地處南方的龍泉窯非常典型的產品。蓮花象徵純潔。中國在很長一段時間內都生產類似器形的碗,大多為外銷瓷。
炻器,属廣義瓷器,青釉
龍泉窯
浙江省龍泉地區
元代,1279-1368年 -
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Location
On display: G95/dc3/sh6
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Acquisition name
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF.226
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