Bowl
1575-1610 (made)
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Bowl with wavy edge. Inside in the middle, a medallion painted in blue with a horse enclosed by a circle of formal waves, within a border of cloud scrolls moulded in relief, at the edge a border of formal waves in blue. Outside at the top a border of horses galloping over waves, round the base a border of painted gadroons below a band of cloud scrolls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded decoration in relief and painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Wanli period, 1575-1610 |
| Physical description | Bowl with wavy edge. Inside in the middle, a medallion painted in blue with a horse enclosed by a circle of formal waves, within a border of cloud scrolls moulded in relief, at the edge a border of formal waves in blue. Outside at the top a border of horses galloping over waves, round the base a border of painted gadroons below a band of cloud scrolls. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sydney Vacher |
| Object history | Acquired in Damascus, Syria. |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.470-1918 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2000 |
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