Blue and white sea water dragon bowl

[Blue and white sea water dragon bowl]

Blue and white sea water dragon bowl, Ming Xuande, height 12 cm, caliber 26.5 cm, foot diameter 12 cm
Bo ō） The mouth is slightly closed, arc belly, flat bottom. Full body blue and white decoration. The outer wall is painted with sea water pattern, cloud dragon pattern and lotus petal pattern from top to bottom. The blue and white double coils on the inner bottom are printed with the blue and white regular script “made by the Ming Dynasty Xuande New Year” in double lines and six characters. Outsole plain tire has no glaze
With solid shape, vivid decoration and vigorous green dragon, this piece is a fine piece of Xuande official porcelain
Pot-shaped pottery has appeared in the pottery of Peiligang culture and Cishan culture in the Neolithic Age. However, the word “bowl” is a transliteration of Buddhist vessels. Since Buddhism was introduced into China, monks have used it frequently. In the Ming Dynasty, the royal family believed in Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism. A large number of Tibetan monks came to Beijing to pay tribute. The porcelain bowl fired by Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory in Xuande period has a round mouth and curved deep wall. There are two kinds of bottom, one is fine sand flat bottom and the other is unglazed shallow ring foot ring bottom. There are white glaze, blue glaze and blue and white ware. The outer wall of the blue glazed ware is decorated with a dark cloud and dragon pattern. The outer wall of the blue and white ware is painted with cloud dragons, tangled lotus, etc. There are imitations in the Qing Dynasty.

青花海水龙纹钵钵心青花海水龙纹钵底部