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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
PDF,A.677
Description
Shallow porcelain dish. Underglaze blue with a band of scrolling lotus flowers around sides and inside cavetto. Roundel with lotus flower and leaves in centre. There is an inscription on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Xuande
Production date
1426-1435
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
123 millimetres
Height:
30 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming second half 15th century
Room 95 label text: PDF A677 Dish painted with formal lotus The Xuande Emperor dispatched officials to directly supervise the manufacture of court-ordered porcelains at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. Craftsmen at Jingdezhen thoroughly processed the local clay to remove any impurities. This resulted in highly refined clay which was purer, whiter, and finer in the early fifteenth century than in any other period of the Ming dynasty. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35
PDF A677 蓮花紋盤 宣德皇帝派遣官員去景德鎮御窯,直接監督燒造宮廷命燒的瓷器。景德鎮工匠們對當地瓷土徹底加工以去除任何雜質,這使得十五世紀早期的瓷器胎料高度淘洗,比明代任何其他時期都純白精細。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,宣德,宣德款,1426-1435年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.70, no.A677)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.49, no.A677)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 106)
Location
On display
(G95/dc18/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.677