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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF.624
Description
Porcelain bowl with flaring sides, straight mouth rim and low foot formed by a recessed base. There is a floral scroll of peonies, chrysanthemums and lotuses in underglaze blue on the exterior, and a lotus flower and scrolls of stylised leaves in underglaze blue on the interior. There is a mark on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Wanli
Production date
1573-1620
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
126 millimetres
Height:
40 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620
Room 95 label text: PDF 624 Blue-and-white bowl with a prayer Inside this bowl is decorated with six Tibetan/Sanskrit characters. The inscription is written in the cavetto, rather like a prayer inside a Tibetan prayer wheel. As the bowl is rotated, the prayer is released. The base carries a Wanli reign mark in underglaze blue. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620
PDF 624 青花祈禱文碗 碗內壁裝飾六個藏文/梵文文字,類似西藏轉經筒中的祈禱文。旋轉碗就意味著念誦祈禱文。器底署青花萬曆年款。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,萬曆,萬曆款,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 26-27, no.624)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.19, no.624, pl.I)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.35, no.70)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 167)
Location
On display
(G95/dc20/sh2)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.624