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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,A.648
Description
Porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with wide band of scrolling day lilies between parallel blue lines. Similar scrolling lilies inside and stylised flowerhead in double circle in the centre. There is an inscription on the base.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Chenghua
Production date
1465-1487
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
149 millimetres
Height:
70 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Chenghua
Room 95 label text: PDF A648 ‘Palace’ bowls with daylilies This palace bowls show daylilies, recognised by their five petals, three sepals and long thin leaves. Daylilies are called 萱草 (xuancao), and are a rebus for many sons and grandsons. Arguably the emperor was more concerned with his succession in the later part of his reign and porcelains with decoration related to fertility and sons became more popular. He had only one surviving son who went on to succeed him to the throne as the Hongzhi emperor (AD 1488–1505). Archaeologists have excavated similar bowls from a late Chenghua era context at Jingdezhen of about AD 1482 to 1487. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period, AD1465–87
PDF A648 萱草紋宮碗 這件瓷碗花紋為萱草,可由其五花瓣、三花萼和細長的葉子辨識。萱草圖案代表多子多孫。可以這么說,成化皇帝在位后期頗為關心繼承人問題,帶有象征生息繁衍和子嗣眾多裝飾的瓷器因而較為多見。成化皇帝僅有一個兒子長大成人,繼承其皇位為弘治皇帝(1488–1505年)。考古學家在景德鎮成化后期考古遺存中發掘出土了類似的瓷碗,年代約為1482 到1487年。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,成化, 成化款,1465-1487年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.62, no.A648)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.43, no.A648)
Krahl & Harrison-Hall 2009 / Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
(pp 72-73, no.36)
Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection
(pp 74-75, no. 29)
Location
On display
(G95/dc57/s1)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.648