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tea-bowl
Object Type
tea-bowl
Museum number
PDF.698
Description
Porcelain tea-bowl with high, straight sides. There are two cockerels in a landscape in underglaze cobalt blue and copper red on one side, and a rock and a coxcomb plant on the other. There is a mark on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Production date
17thC(early)
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
101 millimetres
Height:
73 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming early 17th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 698 Tea bowl with two confronted cockerels This tea bowl is painted in underglaze cobalt blue and underglaze copper red with two cockerels. The base has an apocryphal four-character underglaze blue Yongle reign mark. As demand for the court declined, Jingdezhen potters eagerly accepted orders from middle-class customers in China, as well as exporting wares to the Middle East, Europe and Japan. The shape of this tea bowl was very popular in Japan. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and copper-red decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644
PDF 698 鬥雞圖茶碗 此茶碗以青花和釉裏紅繪兩隻公雞。器底署青花四字永樂偽託年款。隨著宮廷對瓷器需求的下降,景德鎮的陶工們既熱切接受來自中國中產階層消費者的訂單,也出口產品至中東、歐洲及日本。這種造型的茶碗在日本非常流行。 瓷器,青花,釉裏紅 江西省景德鎮 明代,約1600-1644年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.52, no.698)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.34, no.698, pl.IV)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 116, pl. CXV(b))
Location
On display
(G95/dc23/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.698