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bowl
;
cover
Object Type
bowl
cover
Museum number
PDF.684
Description
Porcelain bowl with domed cover. There are two five-clawed dragons among clouds in underglaze cobalt blue on the sides and on the lid. There are marks inside the lid and the bowl.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Xuande
Production date
1426-1435
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
175 millimetres
Height:
103 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Xuande
Room 95 label text: PDF 684 Box-bowl and cover The shape of this bowl with its angular profile and slightly domed cover was invented in the Xuande era and is called a 盒碗 (hewan ‘box bowl’). Porcelain decorators painted it with a dragon on both sides chasing a flaming pearl among clouds using underglaze cobalt-blue. The bowl is marked inside with a six-character Xuande reign mark in a double ring which is repeated inside the cover. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande marks and period, AD1426–35
PDF 684 蓋碗 此碗折腹及微拱形器蓋的造型首創於宣德時期,名為盒碗。器身繪青花雲龍戲珠圖案。此碗內部及盒蓋內均署青花雙圈六字宣德年款。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,宣德,宣德款,1426-1435年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.49, no.684)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.31, no.684)
Krahl & Harrison-Hall 2009 / Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
(pp 64-65, no.30)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 50-51, no.17)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 85)
Location
On display
(G95/dc59/s3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.684
Conservation
Treatment
: 04 Feb 2009