bowl
- Museum number
- PDF,B.637
- Description
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Porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with separated stylised lotus petals and band of squared spirals at the rim. Wide band of scrolling chrysanthemums and camellias inside , below narrow band of waves around inside rim. Central roundel with fruit spray.
- Production date
- 15thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 210 millimetres
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Height: 102 millimetres
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Weight: 1225 grammes
- Curator's comments
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Published PDF date : Ming early 15th century
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Room 95 label text:
PDF B637
Lotus bud bowl with flowers
The shape of this bowl was first used in the Yongle period (AD 1403–24). It is called a 蓮子(lianzi ‘lotus bud’) bowl and outside is painted with a design of lotus petals. Inside around a central fruit spray is a band of scrolling chrysanthemums and camellias with a narrow band of waves inside the rim.
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
Ming dynasty, Yongle period, AD1403–1424
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PDF B637
花卉紋蓮子碗
這種形狀的碗首先使用於永樂時期(1403–1424年),稱為蓮子碗,外壁繪以蓮瓣紋飾。碗內中心為折枝果紋,環以一周纏枝菊和茶花,口沿內為一周窄波濤紋。
瓷器,青花
江西省景德鎮
明代,永樂,1403–1424年
- Location
- On display (G95/dc17/sh3)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF,B.637