Stem bowl with lotus and eight treasures decoration in sweet-white glaze, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017755N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The mouth of the goblet is outside, the circular wall, the high circle foot, and the circle foot is outside. The fetal body is slightly thick. White glaze is applied to the whole vessel, and the glaze is slightly gray, and the foot ring is exposed at the ground. The outer wall of the utensil is carved with thin lines. The main pattern is the lotus and eight treasures pattern. There are six cloud head patterns under it. There are four twining lotus patterns and small flowers around the outer wall of the circle foot. The inner wall of the utensil is plain without lines. Only the double line four character seal script made in Yongle Year is carved in the cup, with a single circle. In the Yuan Dynasty, we can see a gold and porcelain goblet similar to this one, which is in the shape of an inverted bell. In the courtyard, there is another goblet with blue and white flowers and Kui dragon patterns in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, which is the same in shape but smaller in size. It can be seen that it has its origin from the Yuan Dynasty and the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.