bowl BM-PDF.230

Period:Southern Song dynasty Production date:13thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 162 millimetres Height: 69 millimetres

Description:
Longquan porcelain bowl. The dish has greyish-green glaze. There are overlapping lotus petals carved on the exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song-Yuan 13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 230Bowl with lotus petalsThis bowl is decorated outside with a stylised overlapping lotus petal pattern and is a typical product of the southern Longquan kilns. Lotuses are a symbol of purity. Similar bowls were made for a long period in China and many were exported.Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glazeLongquan ware龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省，龍泉地區Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, about 1200–1300 PDF 230青釉蓮瓣紋碗此碗外壁刻格式化重疊蓮瓣紋，這是地處南方的龍泉窯非常典型的產品。蓮花象徵純潔。中國在很長一段時間內都生產類似器形的碗，大多為外銷瓷。炻器，属廣義瓷器，青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區南宋至元，約1200-1300年