bowl BM-PDF-A.211

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:13thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, carved,

Dimensions:Diameter: 177 millimetres Height: 82 millimetres

Description:
Longquan ware porcelain bowl. The bowl has a fine grey body and thick greyish-green glaze. There are overlapping lotus petals carved on the exterior. Where exposed, the body is reddish. The foot rim is unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF A211Bowl 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, AD 1279–1368 PDF A211莲瓣碗此碗為南方龍泉窯燒造的典型器物，外壁刻格式化重疊蓮瓣紋。蓮花象徵純潔。在中國，類似的碗很長一段時間內皆有燒造，並大量外銷。炻器，屬廣義瓷器，青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區（今龍泉市）元代，1279-1368年