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bowl

• Object type

  • bowl

• Museum number

  PDF,A.211

• Description

  Longquan ware porcelain bowl. The bowl has a fine grey body and thick greyish-green glaze. There are overlapping lotus petals carved on the exterior. Where exposed, the body is reddish. The foot rim is unglazed.

• Culture/period

  • Yuan dynasty

• Date

  • 13thC

• Production place

  • Made in: Longquan (area)
  • (Asia,China,Zhejiang (province),Longquan Area)

• Materials

  • porcelain

• Ware

  • Longquan Ware

• Technique

  • glazed
  • carved

• Dimensions

  • Height: 82 millimetres
  • Diameter: 177 millimetres

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thCRoom 95 label text:

  PDF A211

  Bowl with lotus petals

  
  This bowl is decorated outside with a stylised overlapping lotus petal pattern and is a typical product of the southern Longquan kilns. Lotuses are a symbol of purity. Similar bowls were made for a long period in China and many were exported.

  
  Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glaze
  Longquan ware龍泉窯
  Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省，龍泉地區
  Yuan dynasty, AD 1279–1368

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• Bibliography

  • Medley 1977 p.20, no.49
  • Pierson 1997 p.56, no.A211

• Location

  On display: G95/dc3/sh6

• Acquisition name

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

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF,A.211