Blue-and-white Mingfeng in Bamboo Lady Garden Picture Bowl

[Blue-and-white Mingfeng is in the bamboo lady garden bowl]

Blue-and-white Mingfeng is in the bamboo lady garden bowl, Ming Xuande, 7.8 cm high, 18.7 cm caliber, 7.7 cm foot diameter
The bowl is open, with deep arc wall and round feet. The interior light is plain without grain decoration. The outer wall is decorated with blue and white materials to depict the beautiful women’s garden. On the one hand, two ladies sat chatting in the pavilion, while a little boy served beside them; On the other side, two ladies are walking beside the pavilion. All the ladies wore buns and pulled high, and their long skirts dragged the floor, and the skirt belt fluttered with the wind. The courtyard is dotted with strange rocks and bamboos, trees and flowers, slope railings, running streams, and swirling auspicious clouds. A phoenix is perching on the bamboo and singing. The outer wall of the circle foot is painted with curly grass patterns. The blue and white double circles on the outsole and the blue and white regular script “made in the year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty” in six characters and two lines
Although the reign of Emperor Xuande in the Ming Dynasty (1426-1435) lasted only a short ten years, the society was in a relatively stable state because there were no major natural and man-made disasters during this period, and the Emperor Xuande managed the country well. Among the blue and white porcelain of Xuande official kiln, some bowls, high-foot bowls and so on are decorated with the theme of ladies visiting the garden, which is unique in the Ming Dynasty official kiln porcelain. The ladies in the painting are all slender and delicate, with a focus on portraying the calm and comfortable mood of the characters. The picture is like a fairyland on earth, giving people an elegant and aesthetic visual feeling, which can be called a true portrayal of the peaceful society at that time


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