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bowl

• Object type

  • bowl

• Museum number

  PDF.681

• Description

  Porcelain bowl with flaring sides and deep foot. There are squared spirals at the foot and the rim, separated lotus petals on the lower part of the body, and a medallion surrounded by flower heads and an arabesque band in the centre of the interior.

• Culture/period

  • Xuande
  • Ming dynasty

• Date

  • 1426-1435

• Production place

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

• Materials

  • porcelain

• Technique

  • underglazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 90 millimetres
  • Diameter: 159 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 Xuande reign

    • Inscription Comment

      Six-character Xuande mark in a double circle in underglaze blue on the base

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Ming XuandeRoom 95 label text:

  PDF 681

  Bowl with underglaze blue decoration

  
  Inside this bowl is painted with a medallion surrounded by flower heads in the centre. As well as producing objects following the shapes of Middle Eastern dining utensils for the overseas market, Jingdezhen craftsmen made objects inspired by Middle Eastern forms and decoration to fulfil court demand for foreign ‘exotica’. This bowl has an underglaze blue mark on the base.

  
  Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
  Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD 1426–35

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• Bibliography

  • Medley 1976 p.30, no.681, pl.IV
  • Pierson 2004 p.46, no.681
  • Pierson 2004A pp 24-25, no.4 (top)

• Location

  On display: G95/dc17/sh3

• Acquisition name

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

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF.681