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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF.693
Description
Porcelain bowl with high straight sides and everted mouth rim. There are vertical panels with alternating spotted and white deer against rocks and plants in underglaze cobalt blue on the exterior, vertical panels with plants and ornamental rocks on the interior, and a roundel of a deer in the centre of the interior.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Wanli
Production date
1573-1620
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
150 millimetres
Height:
75 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620
Room 95 label text: PDF 693 Kraak bowl with deer This bowl is painted outside with eight panels framing spotted female deer in different attitudes with stylised rocks and leafy plants. Deer are a popular symbol of longevity in China. Kraak-type bowls like this were made for more than three decades in great quantities and were exported throughout the globe to America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Whole or parts of such bowls have been recovered from several shipwrecks including English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch vessels. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620
PDF 693 鹿紋克拉克瓷碗 此碗外壁繪八個開光,開光內各繪一隻姿態不同的母鹿、格式化岩石及植物圖案。鹿作為長壽的象徵在中國頗為流行。如此器一般的克拉克瓷碗生產時間超過三十年且產量很大,行銷美洲、歐洲、中東及東南亞各地。包括英國、西班牙、葡萄牙和荷蘭在內的許多沉船都曾出水過此類克拉克碗的整器或殘片。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,萬曆, 1573-1620年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(pp 50-51, no.693)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.33, no.693)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.72, no.59)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.38, no.83)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 94-95, no. 39)
Location
On display
(G95/dc23/sh2)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.693