Bowl
1550-1650 (made)
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Bowl of stoneware. Of convex form with flat base. The outside is decorated in the fahua style, with raised threads of clay enclosing coloured glazes, depicting lotus flowers, buds and folaige rising from waves. The inside is covered with a greenish-blue glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with coloured glazes enclosed in raised outlines |
| Brief description | Bowl, stoneware decorated in the fahua style, with raised threads of clay enclosing coloured glazes, China (Shanxi province), Ming dynasty, 1550-1650 |
| Physical description | Bowl of stoneware. Of convex form with flat base. The outside is decorated in the fahua style, with raised threads of clay enclosing coloured glazes, depicting lotus flowers, buds and folaige rising from waves. The inside is covered with a greenish-blue glaze. |
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| Object history | Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (25 Camomile Street, EC.), accessioned in 1911. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Historical context | Originally it may have had a function relating to temple use, for example an alms' bowl. Many were exported to Japan, where they ware given wooden or metal lids and were sometimes used as incense burners. |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.51-1911 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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