Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1540 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flower dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 17.50 centimetres Height: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl with underglaze blue decoration. This ‘min yao’ bowl has lobed sides and a flared rim with bracket-lobed edge and a tapering foot. Inside it is painted with a roundel of lingzhi and lilies. Simple five-petalled flowers are painted on the rim separated by an undulating leaf scroll. Outside two dragons are depicted with front legs and a scrolling body and tail on a scroll work ground. On the gritty base, within a double circle, is an apocryphal four-character Xuande mark.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This dish dates to the Zhengde to early Jiajing period. Its decoration is loosely based on the Zhengde period imperial porcelains, such as BM Franks.303+ and BM 1984.0202.8.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flower dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 17.50 centimetres Height: 7.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl with underglaze blue decoration. This ‘min yao’ bowl has lobed sides and a flared rim with bracket-lobed edge and a tapering foot. Inside it is painted with a roundel of lingzhi and lilies. Simple five-petalled flowers are painted on the rim separated by an undulating leaf scroll. Outside two dragons are depicted with front legs and a scrolling body and tail on a scroll work ground. On the gritty base, within a double circle, is an apocryphal four-character Xuande mark.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This dish dates to the Zhengde to early Jiajing period. Its decoration is loosely based on the Zhengde period imperial porcelains, such as BM Franks.303+ and BM 1984.0202.8.
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