bowl BM-PDF-A.644

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1465-1487
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 153 millimetres Height: 72 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with wide band of three sprays of scrolling melons and vines . Pairs of blue lines at rim, base and foot. There is an inscription on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Chenghua Room 95 label text:PDF A644 ‘Palace’ bowl with fruiting melon vinesOfficials, sent directly from the Chenghua emperor’s court, supervised the production of vessels in specified sizes with particular designs in pre-ordered quantities. Any vessels with mistakes in the motifs, any with inferior painting, and any surplus to the order were deliberately broken and buried. Archaeologists excavated similar melon vine bowls at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, dating from about AD 1482 to 1487. 瓜瓞綿綿 (guadie mianmian ‘large and small melons growing on curling vines’) symbolises a long line of male descendents and thus is an emblem of good wishes for the emperor. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period, AD1465–87 PDF A644瓜瓞綿綿紋宮碗成化皇帝直接派遣官員監督御窯瓷器的成產，對器物尺寸大小、裝飾花紋及燒造數量都有明確的要求。任何裝飾主題有錯誤或畫工欠佳的器物，以及按燒造數量揀選所剩的產品，都被有意毀壞后掩埋。考古學家在景德鎮御窯遺址發掘出土了類似的瓜瓞綿綿紋瓷碗，年代大約為1482到1487年。瓜瓞綿綿紋，指彎曲藤蔓上大小不一之瓜，象征男性后代延綿不絕，因而是為皇帝祈福的圖案。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，成化， 成化款，1465-1487年