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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,A.666
Description
Porcelain bowl. Dark blue ground with white slip design of four fish swimming among aquatic plants. Inside white and undecorated. There is an inscription on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Wanli
Production date
1573-1620
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
152 millimetres
Height:
65 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620
Room 95 label text: PDF A666 Bowl with fish among water weed and lotus Chinese people regard paired fish as a rebus (visual pun) for abundance as the words for both fish 魚 and abundance 餘, are pronounced yu. The base has a six-character underglaze blue Wanli reign mark. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and slip decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620
PDF A666 水藻蓮花魚紋碗 中國人將成對的魚視作富足的象徵,因“魚”與“餘”諧音。外底署青花六字萬歷年款。 瓷器,青花款,藍地白泥繪(藍地拔白) 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
(p.67, no.A666)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.47, no.A666)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.18, no.10)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 116-117, no. 50.)
Location
On display
(G95/dc23/sh1)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.666