bowl; cover

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Object Type: bowl; cover
Museum number: PDF.684
Description: Porcelain bowl with domed cover. There are two five-clawed dragons among clouds in underglaze cobalt blue on the sides and on the lid. There are marks inside the lid and the bowl.
Cultures/periods: Ming dynasty; Xuande
Production date: 1426-1435
Production place: Made in: Jingdezhen
Materials: porcelain
Technique: underglazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 175 millimetres; Height: 103 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Published PDF date : Ming Xuande; Room 95 label text: PDF 684 Box-bowl and cover The shape of this bowl with its angular profile and slightly domed cover was invented in the Xuande era and is called a 盒碗 (hewan ‘box bowl’). Porcelain decorators painted it with a dragon on both sides chasing a flaming pearl among clouds using underglaze cobalt-blue. The bowl is marked inside with a six-character Xuande reign mark in a double ring which is repeated inside the cover. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande marks and period, AD1426–35; PDF 684 蓋碗此碗折腹及微拱形器蓋的造型首創於宣德時期，名為盒碗。器身繪青花雲龍戲珠圖案。此碗內部及盒蓋內均署青花雙圈六字宣德年款。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.49, no.684); Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains (p.31, no.684); Krahl & Harrison-Hall 2009 / Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection (pp 64-65, no.30); Pierson 2004A / Blue and White for China: Porcelain Treasures in the Percival David Collection (pp 50-51, no.17); Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (Monochrome pl. 85)
Location: On display (G95/dc59/s3)
Department: Asia
Registration number: PDF.684
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Feb 2009

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