Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1644 (circa)
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 26 inches Height: 10 centimetres
Description:
Large stoneware bowl with ‘sancai’ glaze. With rounded in-turned sides, a flat base and a thickened rim, this has the appearance of a mendicant monk’s alms bowl. Tang-style ‘sancai’ glaze lends the bowl a patchwork appearance, further linking it to the cobbled-together robes of wandering Buddhist monks. Inside it is fully covered with a green glaze. Base unglazed and inscribed: 重 七 斤 ‘zhong qi jin’ [weightjust over 3 kg (7lb)].
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![图片[1]-bowl BM-1938-0524.162-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00253584_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:It is very heavily potted and its weight suggests that the bowl was not designed to be carried about. Instead it may be considered alongside other Ming dynasty ‘sancai’ ceramics produced as temple furnishings. Such a bowl may have contained water or have been used for burning incense in front of a temple sculpture.
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 26 inches Height: 10 centimetres
Description:
Large stoneware bowl with ‘sancai’ glaze. With rounded in-turned sides, a flat base and a thickened rim, this has the appearance of a mendicant monk’s alms bowl. Tang-style ‘sancai’ glaze lends the bowl a patchwork appearance, further linking it to the cobbled-together robes of wandering Buddhist monks. Inside it is fully covered with a green glaze. Base unglazed and inscribed: 重 七 斤 ‘zhong qi jin’ [weightjust over 3 kg (7lb)].
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:It is very heavily potted and its weight suggests that the bowl was not designed to be carried about. Instead it may be considered alongside other Ming dynasty ‘sancai’ ceramics produced as temple furnishings. Such a bowl may have contained water or have been used for burning incense in front of a temple sculpture.
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