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bowl

• Object type

  • bowl

• Museum number

  PDF.691

• Description

  Porcelain bowl with rounded sides and flaring rim. The bowl has a copper-bound mouthrim. There are four fish in underglaze copper red, with four aquatic plants in underglaze cobalt blue in the cavetto, and stylised flower head in underglaze cobalt blue in the centre. There is a mark on the base

• Culture/period

  • Qing dynasty

• Date

  • 18thC-19thC

• Production place

  • Made in: Jingdezhen
  • (Asia,China,Jiangxi (province),Jingdezhen)

• Materials

  • porcelain
  • copper

• Technique

  • underglazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 38 millimetres
  • Diameter: 117 millimetres

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      reign mark

    • Inscription Position

      on base

    • Inscription Language

      Chinese

    • Inscription Content

      大明宣德年製

    • Inscription Transliteration

      Da Ming Xuande nian zhi

    • Inscription Translation

      Made in the Ming dynasty, Xuande reign

    • Inscription Comment

      apocryphal

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Qing late 17th centuryRoom 95 label text:

  PDF 691

  Bowl with copper-red fish and cobalt-blue aquatic plants

  
  Inside this bowl is painted with underglaze copper-red fish and with underglaze blue flowers and aquatic plants. The base has an apocryphal six-character underglaze blue Xuande reign mark. The rim is bound with copper. Chinese people regard paired fish as a rebus (visual pun) for abundance as the words for both fish 魚 and abundance 餘, are pronounced yu.

  
  Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and underglaze copper-red decoration and copper-rim
  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
  Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1900

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• Bibliography

  • Medley 1976 p.32, no.691
  • Pierson 2004 p.50, no.691, colour p.45

• Location

  On display: G95/dc24/sh3

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF.691