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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF.622
Description
Porcelain bowl with straight sides slightly flared at the rim. There is a roundel with a woman and child on a terrace in underglaze blue in the centre of the interior. There is an inscription on the exterior.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Longqing
Production date
1567-1572
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
122 millimetres
Height:
63 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Room 95 label text: PDF 622 Blue and white bowl with inscription Longqing (AD1567–72) ceramics are particularly rare as the emperor only reigned for six years. Stylistically they relate closely to Jiajing and Wanli imperial wares. The inscription on this bowl is a poem and has been translated: ‘The cuckoo sings through the night unceasingly. Take heed lest the silk worms have not leaves enough. The waning moon sinks through the willows before the house. The pretty girls continue to dance and sing, and have not returned’. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Longqing mark and period, AD 1567–1572
PDF 622 青花詩文碗 隆慶皇帝在位僅六年(1567-1572年),瓷器數量特別稀少。風格上隆慶瓷器與嘉靖及萬曆瓷器聯繫緊密。碗上的銘文為一首詩,意為:“杜鵑在夜間不停歌唱。唯恐蠶沒有足夠的桑葉。殘月沉入屋前的柳樹中。美麗的姑娘歌舞午休,不曾回返。” 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,隆慶,隆慶款,1567-1572年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.26, no.622)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.19, no.622, pl.I)
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.81, no.72)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.34, no.68)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 135, pl. CXXXIV(b))
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 143)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 90-91, no. 37 (BOWL))
Location
On display
(G95/dc20/sh2)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.622