Bowl
1573-1620 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Bulb-bowl with depressed globular body and three short feet. Porcelain with blue glaze outside decorated in white slip with three vases of flowers and insects between them; incised details. White glaze inside and on the base, and the mark of the Wanli period in six characters in blue.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain decorated in white slip on a blue ground |
| Brief description | Bulb-bowl, porcelain decorated in white slip on a blue ground; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620) |
| Physical description | Bulb-bowl with depressed globular body and three short feet. Porcelain with blue glaze outside decorated in white slip with three vases of flowers and insects between them; incised details. White glaze inside and on the base, and the mark of the Wanli period in six characters in blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark of the Wanli period in six characters in blue, on the base |
| Production | Register |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.123, pl.175 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.125-1939 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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