bowl
- Museum number
- PDF,A.213
- Description
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Longquan ware porcelain bowl. The bowl has a fine pale grey body and thick grey-green glaze. There is a visvavajra lightly impressed in the centre of the interior. Where exposed the body is reddish. The base and footring are unglazed.
- Production date
- 1368-1435
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 159 millimetres
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Height: 48 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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Published PDF date : Yuan/Ming 14th century
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Room 95 label text:
PDF A213
Bowl
This bowl is lightly impressed with a design of crossed vajra beneath a thick celadon glaze. This design, is known as visvavajra. The vajra symbolises the Buddhist thunderbolt. Similar dishes have been found in early Ming tombs and were also exported.
Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glaze
Longquan ware龍泉窯
Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區
Ming dynasty, about AD 1368–1435
- Location
- On display (G95/dc5/sh7)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF,A.213