bowl

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Object Type: bowl
Museum number: PDF,A.632
Description: Conical porcelain bowl. Monochrome blue glaze on the exterior with relief decoration in white slip of two groups of song birds perched on a prunus branch, with two butterflies between the groups. Underglaze blue conch shell on waves in a roundel on the interior.
Cultures/periods: Ming dynasty; Wanli
Production date: 1573-1620
Production place: Made in: Jingdezhen
Materials: porcelain
Technique: glazed; painted; underglazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 178 millimetres; Height: 80 millimetres
Curator's comments: Published PDF date : Ming 15th century; Room 95 label text: PDF A632 Bowl with bird on a flowering prunus branch The decoration of this conical bowl is reminiscent of a Southern-Song flower and bird painting. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue, cobalt-blue glaze and slip decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620; PDF A632 梅枝花鳥紋碗此件圓錐形瓷器中的花鳥紋飾緬懷了興盛于南宋的花鳥繪畫。瓷器，鈷藍釉，白色泥漿裝飾（泥繪）江西省景德鎮明代，萬歷，1573–1620年
Bibliographic references: Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.59, no.A632, colour p.40); Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains (p.40, no.A632)
Location: On display (G95/dc23/sh1)
Department: Asia
Registration number: PDF,A.632

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