Bowl with geometric flowers decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

Bowl with geometric flowers decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

• Image Number: K1B013679N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The mouth of this bowl in the Yongle period is slightly extravagant, with curved walls, a rich upper part and a narrow lower part, a sharp bottom, and a short circle of feet. It looks like a lotus house, so it is called a lotus seed bowl. Decorated with blue and white flowers. The outer wall is painted with various geometric patterns or lotus petal patterns, while the center of the bowl is painted with colorful geometric flowers. The inner and outer trimmings at the mouth edge are replaced by the combination of the moire, ancient coin pattern, petal pattern and wavy pattern. In addition to blue and white porcelain, there are also lotus seed bowls with white porcelain. As its footprints spread far into China and West Asia, Türkiye’s Iznik porcelain can also see works imitating the shape and decoration of lotus seed bowls.