Bowl with flowers and birds decoration and panels of openwork in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Wanli reign (1573-1620)

Bowl with flowers and birds decoration and panels of openwork in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Wanli reign (1573-1620)

• Image Number: K1B009170N000000000PAI
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  Skim, arc wall, short circle foot. From the inside of the bowl to the mouth edge, the feet are wrapped with silver; The outer wall is decorated with six groups of flower and bird patterns, the mouth edge and the bottom edge are decorated with flower patterns and lotus petal patterns, and the outer space of the belly is decorated with white hollow brocade patterns. The bottom foot is thick, the ring foot is exposed, and the fetal ground is slightly thick. The blue and white book with six characters and two lines in regular script is “made in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty”, with a double rectangular frame. The tea bell is pasted with the old yellow label of Qinggong, and it is written with the words “Four Third Class Tea Bells with Ten Thousand Kilns, Blue and White Flowers and Exquisite Silver Lining” as the tea bell. Exquisite means hollow. According to the “Records of Jiangxi Province” and “Pottery Script”, there are many kinds of exquisite tools uploaded for Wanli. The shape and size of this bowl are similar to those of Jiajing and Wanli tea bells in the late Ming Dynasty. After the late Ming Dynasty, a large number of exquisite porcelain were exported to Europe and were collected in major museums.