Bowl
early 14th century (made)
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Bowl with straight sides splayed at the lip and rounded below; small spreading foot, neatly cut, and unglazed base. The inside is moulded with a flowerhead in the centre and two ranks of petal fluting up the sides like a chrysanthemum flower, the rim being similarly foliated. Fine bluish-white glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Shufu ware. Bowl, porcelain with moulded decoration under the glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jiangxi province), Yuan dynasty, early 14th century |
| Physical description | Bowl with straight sides splayed at the lip and rounded below; small spreading foot, neatly cut, and unglazed base. The inside is moulded with a flowerhead in the centre and two ranks of petal fluting up the sides like a chrysanthemum flower, the rim being similarly foliated. Fine bluish-white glaze. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36. |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Addis, J. "Shu Fu type wares discovered in the Philippines", Manila, 1968, p. 9, nos. 34-35. |
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| Accession number | FE.92-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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