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Bowl

Bowl

  • Place of origin:

    Jingdezhen (made)

  • Date:

    1522-1566 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain, incised, glazed

  • Credit Line:

    Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.91-1935

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case H, shelf 3

Physical description

Bowl of porcelain with incised decoration filled with green glaze in a yellow ground; the stems of the pine, bamboo and plum trees take the form of the characters lu (rank), fu (happiness) and shou (longevity).

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen (made)

Date

1522-1566 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain, incised, glazed

Marks and inscriptions

Mark of Jiajing reign

Dimensions

Height: 8.6 cm, Diameter: 17.5 cm

Descriptive line

Bowl, porcelain with incised decoration filled with green glaze in a yellow ground; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period (1522-66)

Production Note

register

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Incised; Glazed

Subjects depicted

Plum tree; Bamboo; Trees, Pine

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

East Asia Collection

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