bowl BM-1933-0410.1

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1426-1435
Materials:porcelain
Technique:incised, moulded, glazed, anhua, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 20.90 centimetres Height: 10.50 centimetres Weight: 0.60 kilograms

Description:
Large porcelain Lianzi [lotus-seed] bowl with incised and moulded anhua decoration beneath a monochrome white glaze. This large deep lianzi [lotus-seed] bowl has flaring sides and stands on a straight foot ring. Inside it is faintly decorated with a moulded anhua flower scroll which is almost invisible to the naked eye. Outside it is incised with lotus petals radiating from the foot and with a key-fret border around the rim. The base is marked with a six-character underglaze blue Xuande reign mark. The glaze on the base is very white but elsewhere it has a bluish tinge.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A bowl of this size with a similar glaze but with double lotus pattern outside is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.