bowl BM-PDF.137

Period:Jin dynasty Production date:12thC-13thC
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:moulded, glazed,

Dimensions:Diameter: 190 millimetres Height: 71 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain bowl, with silver-bound mouth rim. Creamy white. There is a flower and pomegranate scroll with a double-line border moulded on interior, and carved lotus petals on exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Yuan Room 95 label text:PDF 137Bowl with silver–bound mouth rimThe bowl is carved around the outside with overlapping lotus petals. The base and foot of both are glazed. Craftsmen used sheet copper and occasionally gold or silver, cut to size and heated to fit the rims to hide this flaw. Historical accounts suggest that dressing the rim with metal actually enhanced the status of the clay vessel.Stoneware with carved decoration, transparent glaze and silver rim mountChina 中國 Jin or Yuan dynasty, about AD 1115–1300 PDF 137白釉鑲銀口碗此碗外壁飾刻花重疊蓮瓣紋，底部及圈足滿釉。工匠們以銅，偶爾也使用金或銀包鑲口沿來掩飾這一缺陷。史料記載表明，以金屬包鑲口沿事實上提高了黏土燒成品的地位。炻器，刻花，透明釉，鑲銀口中國金或元，約1115-1300年