Bowl
1662-1722 (made)
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Bowl, wide mouth, slightly everted lip with foliate edge, straight sides, and small base. Porcelain with anhua ('secret designs') faintly traced in white slip under the glaze. The upper part of the interior is partitioned by six ribs, and in the partitions are dragon designs; below this is a band of lotus arabesques, and on the bottom is a cartouche with the Yongle reign mark in archaic characters framed by a dragon design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with <i>anhua</i> ('secret designs') in white slip under the glaze |
| Brief description | Bowl, porcelain with anhua ('secret designs') in white slip under the glaze; China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Yongle mark) |
| Physical description | Bowl, wide mouth, slightly everted lip with foliate edge, straight sides, and small base. Porcelain with anhua ('secret designs') faintly traced in white slip under the glaze. The upper part of the interior is partitioned by six ribs, and in the partitions are dragon designs; below this is a band of lotus arabesques, and on the bottom is a cartouche with the Yongle reign mark in archaic characters framed by a dragon design. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark of Yongle period |
| Production | label |
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| Accession number | C.121-1939 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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