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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,B.630
Description
Porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with wide band of scrolling Buddhist emblems supported on lotus flowers. Band of classic scrolls around the foot. 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:
159 millimetres
Height:
84 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Xuande
Room 95 label text: PDF B630 Bowl with the Eight Buddhist Emblems This bowl on a high foot is painted in underglaze blue with the八吉祥 (ba ji xiang ‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’), supported by flowering lotus scroll. These Eight Buddhist Emblems are the endless knot, lotus flower, canopy, conch shell, treasure vase, wheel of the law, twin fish and banner or standard of victory. There is a six-character Xuande mark written vertically in a double rectangle inside the bowl. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35
PDF B630 八寶紋碗 瓷碗高足,繪有青花纏枝蓮托八吉祥圖案。這些佛家八寶圖案指的是盤結(盤長)、蓮花、寶蓋、法螺、寶瓶、法輪、雙魚,以及象征勝利的法幢。碗內雙方框內署六字單行宣德年款。 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.83, no.B630)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.59, no.B630, pl.XII)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 91)
Pierson 2001 / Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics
(p. 83, no. 81)
Location
On display
(G95/dc18/sh8)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,B.630