Bowl
14th century (made)
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The blue-decorated porcelain from Jingdezhen was highly successful because Chinese potters were able to produce a very white porcelain body. Plain white dishes and bowls were made for the Yuan dynasty court, as white was considered an auspicious colour by the Mongols.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed porcelain with moulded and incised decoration |
| Brief description | Shufu ware. Bowl, glazed porcelain with moulded crane and cloud design, China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century |
| Physical description | Porcelain bowl with rounded sides slightly everted at the rim and thick, square-cut foot. Thick blue-grey glaze discoloured in one place in the firing. Glaze stops short of footring, which together with base is unglazed and burnt reddish. Decorated inside with moulded cranes amid clouds and with two faint indecipherable characters in a classic scroll border, and on the outside rim with an incised band of classic scroll. |
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| Gallery label | Bowl of shufu porcelain
China, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty, 1300-1400
Museum no. FE.193-1974. Mrs B.Z. Seligman Bequest(2009) |
| Credit line | Mrs B. Z. Seligman Bequest |
| Object history | cf. similar bowls in the Barlow collection (C108) and the Percival David Foundation (A455). |
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| Summary | The blue-decorated porcelain from Jingdezhen was highly successful because Chinese potters were able to produce a very white porcelain body. Plain white dishes and bowls were made for the Yuan dynasty court, as white was considered an auspicious colour by the Mongols. |
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| Accession number | FE.193-1974 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2009 |
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