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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
PDF,A.529
Description
Porcelain bowl. The bowl has rich copper red glaze, white at the rim. There is an inscription on the base, which is glazed.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Xuande
Production date
1426-1435
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
187 millimetres
Height:
82 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming Xuande 1426-1435
Room 95 label text: PDF A529 Bowl with copper-red glaze ‘Sacrificial’, fresh or deep red monochrome-glazed porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande era represents the peak of technical achievement at Jingdezhen. As vessels ordered for ritual use by the early fifteenth century Ming emperors, they enjoy a status above that of other porcelains. The skills used to create these extraordinary red glazes were lost in China from the mid-fifteenth century until they were rediscovered in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The glaze has ‘crept’ at the rim of the bowls to reveal the pure whiteness of the porcelain body. The glassy glaze is covered in tiny pin prick holes like skin pores and the colour possesses an incredible powdery depth, yielding layer upon layer of strong red shades of colour. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue mark and copper-red glaze Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35
PDF A529 銅紅釉碗 祭紅,指永樂宣德時期呈色鮮亮或深沉的單色紅釉(鮮紅、霽紅),代表了景德鎮陶瓷工藝的高峰。祭紅釉器是十五世紀早期明代皇帝欽命所燒的禮儀用器,其地位高於其他瓷器品種。此盤口部燒窯中縮釉形成”脫口”現象,顯露瓷胎的潔白。瑩亮的釉面上有如細小毛孔般的細微刺狀氣泡紋理,色彩有令人難以置信的粉狀深厚質感,顯示出有層次感的強烈紅色。 瓷器,青花款,銅紅釉(祭紅) 江西省景德鎮 明代,宣德,宣德款,1426-1435年
Bibliographic references
Scott 1989 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.34, no.A529)
Medley 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.33, no.A529)
Krahl & Harrison-Hall 2009 / Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
(p.67, no.32)
(p.94, mark on base)
Scott 1989a / Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.64, no.34)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.61, no.44 (copper red bowl))
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.91, no.88)
Location
On display
(G95/dc61)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.529