Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1620-1644 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:bird bamboo lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 36 centimetres Height: 16.50 centimetres
Description:
Large porcelain bowl with carved patterned ground and underglaze blue decoration. This large bowl has rounded sides and stands on a thick foot ring. Inside it is decorated in underglaze blue with a medallion containing two pairs of geese, one pair standing at the edge of a river bank, the others descending from the sky, with stylized plants and rocks. The rim is unglazed but below it inside is a band of feathery scroll work, outside a hexagonal diaper border framing spindly flower heads. Around the outside are six round panels showing three sets of different birds including geese in waterscapes with stylized plants such as lotus and bamboo all repeated twice. In between these panels the blue-white glazed body is carved into patterns through to a contrasting pinky-white biscuit body. Below is a band of ‘ruyi’ heads. The base is glazed.
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Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:bird bamboo lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 36 centimetres Height: 16.50 centimetres
Description:
Large porcelain bowl with carved patterned ground and underglaze blue decoration. This large bowl has rounded sides and stands on a thick foot ring. Inside it is decorated in underglaze blue with a medallion containing two pairs of geese, one pair standing at the edge of a river bank, the others descending from the sky, with stylized plants and rocks. The rim is unglazed but below it inside is a band of feathery scroll work, outside a hexagonal diaper border framing spindly flower heads. Around the outside are six round panels showing three sets of different birds including geese in waterscapes with stylized plants such as lotus and bamboo all repeated twice. In between these panels the blue-white glazed body is carved into patterns through to a contrasting pinky-white biscuit body. Below is a band of ‘ruyi’ heads. The base is glazed.
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