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Object Type: bowl
Museum number: PDF.245
Description: Yaozhou stoneware bowl with everted rim. The bowl has light olive green glaze. There are bunches of lotus and water plants tied with a ribbon impressed on the interior, with inscriptions.
Cultures/periods: Northern Song dynasty; Jin dynasty
Production date: 12thC
Production place: Made in: Huangpu
Materials: stoneware
Ware: Yaozhou Ware
Technique: glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 195 millimetres; Height: 48 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Published PDF date : Northeern Song/Jin dyansty 12thC; Room 95 label text: PDF 245 Dish with characters and lotus Potters employed a reusable carved intaglio mould to produce this dish which sped up the production process. Three bunches of lotus plants tied with ribbons are shown with other water plants inside and with three cartouches each framing a single character which together read 三把蓮 (san ba lian ‘three bunches of lotus’). A sherd with a similar design, dating to the late Northern Song was excavated at Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province where this was made. Stoneware with moulded decoration and olive-green glaze Yaozhou ware 耀州窯 Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province 陕西省, 銅川市, 黄堡鎮 Northern Song to early Jin dynasty, about AD 1050–1150; PDF 245 青釉蓮紋文字盤陶工們使用可重複利用的凹雕陶模來製作此盤，能夠加速其生產過程。此盤內飾三把蓮花紋飾，各以緞帶系結，周邊飾以水草紋，三開光內各有一文字，連讀即為“三把蓮”。陝西省銅川市的耀州窯址曾出土北宋晚期的陶瓷殘片，與此花紋類似。炻器，印花，橄欖綠釉耀州窯陝西省銅川市黃堡鎮北宋至金代早期，約1050-1150年
Bibliographic references: Pierson 1997 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.38, no.245); Medley 1977 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.14, no.21); Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection (p.46, no.25); Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection (p.45, no.28); Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A. (p. 51, pl. L(b)); Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (Colour pl. 17 and p. 307)
Location: On display (G95/dc2/sh6)
Department: Asia
Registration number: PDF.245

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