bowl BM-PDF.226

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:13thC
Materials:stoneware, copper,
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 228 millimetres Height: 111 millimetres

Description:
Longquan stoneware bowl with copper-bound rim. The bowl has pale greyish-green glaze. There are overlapping lotus petals carved on exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 226Bowl with lotus petalsThis bowl is decorated outside with a stylised overlapping lotus petal pattern and is a typical product of the southern Longquan kilns. Lotuses are a symbol of purity. Similar bowls were made for a long period in China and many were exported.Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glazeLongquan ware龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省，龍泉地區Yuan dynasty, about AD 1280–1368 PDF 226青釉蓮瓣紋碗此碗外壁刻重疊蓮瓣紋，這是地處南方的龍泉窯非常典型的產品。蓮花象徵純潔。中國在很長一段時間內都生產類似器形的碗，大多為外銷瓷。炻器，属廣義瓷器，青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區元代，1279-1368年