Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1403-1424
Materials:porcelain
Technique:incised, glazed,
Subjects:flower fruit lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 16.80 centimetres Height: 8 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl with incised decoration beneath a monochrome white glaze. This bowl has rounded sides, an everted rim and a foot ring. Inside in the centre it is incised with two pomegranates on a leafy branch, one bursting to reveal many tiny seeds, in a double -ring medallion. Outside it is incised with four individual flower sprays, including chrysanthemum, lotus and peony. Inside and out it is covered with a lustrous monochrome white glaze.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The pomegranate is a symbol of fertility as a single fruit contains hundreds of seeds and the word for seed in Chinese is the same as the word for sons. Fruit and decorative objects with images of fruit were desirable as gifts between members of the elite, partly because of these symbolic associations and partly connected with the idea that fruit trees stood for the ideal of self-sufficiency.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:incised, glazed,
Subjects:flower fruit lotus
Dimensions:Diameter: 16.80 centimetres Height: 8 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain bowl with incised decoration beneath a monochrome white glaze. This bowl has rounded sides, an everted rim and a foot ring. Inside in the centre it is incised with two pomegranates on a leafy branch, one bursting to reveal many tiny seeds, in a double -ring medallion. Outside it is incised with four individual flower sprays, including chrysanthemum, lotus and peony. Inside and out it is covered with a lustrous monochrome white glaze.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:The pomegranate is a symbol of fertility as a single fruit contains hundreds of seeds and the word for seed in Chinese is the same as the word for sons. Fruit and decorative objects with images of fruit were desirable as gifts between members of the elite, partly because of these symbolic associations and partly connected with the idea that fruit trees stood for the ideal of self-sufficiency.
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