Cup
1368-1398 (made)
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Cup with rounded sides and everted rim, the footrim of "V" section with chamfered edge, the flat base showing a spiral finish and unglazed and burnt slightly orange-red in parts. The glaze is of a comparatively even, soft red of somewhat brownish tone, through which the turning marks on the outside of the bowl are visible, while the colour is very thin at the rim. The bowl is decorated round the inside with a moulded design of two running five-clawed dragons with clouds between them and in the centre with an incised cloud design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with decoration in moulded relief and incised under copper red glaze |
| Brief description | Cup, porcelain with moulded dragon and cloud design under copper red glaze; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Hongwu period (1368-98) |
| Physical description | Cup with rounded sides and everted rim, the footrim of "V" section with chamfered edge, the flat base showing a spiral finish and unglazed and burnt slightly orange-red in parts. The glaze is of a comparatively even, soft red of somewhat brownish tone, through which the turning marks on the outside of the bowl are visible, while the colour is very thin at the rim. The bowl is decorated round the inside with a moulded design of two running five-clawed dragons with clouds between them and in the centre with an incised cloud design. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ayers, John, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980.
Monochrome Plate No. 142 |
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| Accession number | C.138-1963 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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