Bowl
early 14th century (made)
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Bowl with spreading sides sharply angled upwards and splayed slightly toward the rim, flat inside; small foot and unglazed base. Inside in the centre is a single spray of lotus with one bloom, and round the sides is a continuous scroll with blooms of lotus. Pale, bluish-white glaze with some imperfections; two incised lines round the exterior.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded relief decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Shufu ware. Bowl, porcelain with moulded relief decoration under the glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jiangxi province), Yuan dynasty, early 14th century |
| Physical description | Bowl with spreading sides sharply angled upwards and splayed slightly toward the rim, flat inside; small foot and unglazed base. Inside in the centre is a single spray of lotus with one bloom, and round the sides is a continuous scroll with blooms of lotus. Pale, bluish-white glaze with some imperfections; two incised lines round the exterior. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | From Lumbang, the Philippines. 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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| Accession number | FE.84-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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