bowl BM-PDF-A.666

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 152 millimetres Height: 65 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain bowl. Dark blue ground with white slip design of four fish swimming among aquatic plants. Inside white and undecorated. There is an inscription on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620 Room 95 label text:PDF A666Bowl with fish among water weed and lotusChinese people regard paired fish as a rebus (visual pun) for abundance as the words for both fish 魚 and abundance 餘, are pronounced yu. The base has a six-character underglaze blue Wanli reign mark.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and slip decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620 PDF A666水藻蓮花魚紋碗中國人將成對的魚視作富足的象徵，因“魚”與“餘”諧音。外底署青花六字萬歷年款。瓷器，青花款，藍地白泥繪（藍地拔白）江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆，萬曆款，1573-1620年