bowl BM-PDF-B.640

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1426-1435
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 264 millimetres Height: 122 millimetres

Description:
Large porcelain bowl of ‘dice bowl’ form. Underglaze blue with two five-clawed dragons chasing a pearl. Band of waves at rim. Central roundel inside with inscription.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Xuande Room 95 label text:PDF B640Dice bowl with dragons The Xuande emperor, despite reigning for just ten years, commissioned an extraordinary variety of forms and patterns from the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen. The shape of this bowl used in a dice-throwing game was an innovation of his reign. Inside there is a six-character Xuande reign mark. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35 PDF B640龍紋骰碗儘管宣德皇帝在位僅十年，景德鎮御窯卻奉命燒造出諸多不同器形和紋飾的瓷器。這件用於擲骰子游戲的瓷碗造形即是他統治時期的創新。碗內署青花六字宣德年款。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，宣德，宣德款，1426-1435年