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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,A.623
Description
Double porcelain bowl with porcelain dish set in the interior sealing the top and a hole at the base. Underglaze blue with scrolling lotus and lappets. Two flying dragons, feiyu, inside with water weeds.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Hongzhi
Production date
1488-1505
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
162 millimetres
Height:
84 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Hongzhi
Room 95 label text: PDF A623 Blue-and-white warming bowl This porcelain bowl has a shallow liner dish set inside and a hole at the base. Outside it is painted with underglaze blue lotus scrolls and stylised petals around the foot. Inside are two flying dragons with water weeds. This bowl is unmarked and made for the Chinese domestic market. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Hongzhi period, AD 1488–1505
PDF A623 青花溫碗 這件瓷碗內部上端嵌一襯裏淺碟,碗外底部有一孔。碗外壁繪青花纏枝蓮紋,足部為格式化蓮瓣紋。碗內為雙飛龍和水草紋。溫碗無款,是為中國國內市場所製。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 明代,弘治,1488–1505年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.57, no.A623)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.38, no.A623, pl.VI)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.28, no.44)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 117)
Pierson 2001 / Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics
(p. 73, no. 73)
Location
On display
(G95/dc19/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.623