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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,B.673
Description
Porcelain bowl with wide flaring sides. Underglaze blue with wide band of scrolling lotus flowers and leaves above narrow band of overlapping lotus petals. On the interior, white slip design of floral scrolls around the cavetto, with single blue flower head in double circle in centre. There is an inscription on the base.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Qianlong
Production date
1736-1795
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
213 millimetres
Height:
67 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing Qianlong 1736-1795
Room 95 label text: PDF B673 Blue-and-white bowl with lotus flowers This bowl is painted in underglaze blue in Ming-style. The base has a six-character underglaze blue Qianlong reign mark. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and slip decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period, AD 1736–1795
PDF B673 青花莲花纹碗 这件瓷碗以明代风格绘製青花。外底署青花六字乾隆年款。 瓷器,青花,漿料装饰 江西省景德鎮 清代,乾隆,乾隆款,1736–1795年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.93, no.B673, colour p.37)
(reign mark, p.119)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.68, no.B673)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.94, no.103 (right))
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.99, no.102 (base))
Pierson & Barnes 2002 / A Collector's Vision: Ceramics for the Qianlong Emperor
(p.37, no.28 (and base))
Location
On display
(G95/dc24/sh4)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,B.673