bowl; mount BM-PDF.695

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1566 (porcelain)
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:incised, underglazed, gilded,

Dimensions:Diameter: 12 centimetres Height: 16 centimetres

Description:
Porcelain bowl with silver-gilt mount and cover. The bowl is known as the Lennard Cup. There are incised lotus scrolls on the exterior, and a hare in reverse against a landscape in underglaze cobalt blue on the interior. There is a mark on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming 16th century Room 95 label text:PDF 695 The ‘Lennard Cup’ This bowl, mounted in silver-gilt as a cup, is the earliest known blue-and-white porcelain with a dated mount. It belonged to an Englishman, Samuel Lennard (AD 1553-1618). The cover and foot carry the monogram FR, the mark of a goldsmith who also made church plate. The crowned leopard’s head shows it was made in London and the lion passant is the standard mark for sterling silver (92.5% fine); and the letter ‘m’ in a shield is the wardens’ mark, denoting the year AD 1569-70, and allocating the responsibility for the purity of the silver to the assay master for that year.Porcelain with incised and underglaze cobalt-blue decoration, and silver-gilt mountsJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮; mounted in LondonMing dynasty, about 1522–66, mounts dated AD 1569–70 PDF 695倫納德杯此碗安裝鎏金銀飾後呈杯形，是所知最早的帶有紀年金屬鑲座的青花瓷。其屬於英國人薩繆爾•倫納德（1553-1618年）。金屬器蓋及器足有“FR”字母組合圖案，這是一位也為教堂作盤子的金匠的標記。帶王冠的豹首表明其製作於倫敦，立行姿勢的獅子是標準純銀（純度92.5%）的標誌；盾牌內的字母“M”是監制標記，表明製作時間為1569-1570年，在這年度作為化驗師負責銀的純度。瓷器，劃花，青花，鎏金銀飾江西省景德鎮；倫敦鑲口明代，約1522-1566年，1569-1570年鑲口