Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1521 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 13 centimetres Height: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain straight-sided bowl (zhi bi wan) with a transparent glaze. This unusual ‘zhi bi wan’ stands on a broad tapering foot ring. It is covered inside and out with a blue-tinged glaze and carries an apocryphal four-character underglaze blue Xuande reign mark in a double ring on the base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:While the form and mouth dimensions of the present bowl are similar to those of bowls excavated in Zhushan and dating to the Xuande reign, such as one yellow, one blue and one red ‘zhi bi wan’ which were recently displayed in Taipei at the Chang Foundation, the Xuande excavated examples tend to have walls which are higher by about 2 cm. Further, the thick bluish-white glaze on the foot is not at all typical of the Xuande era but is common among porcelains made at Jingdezhen in the Zhengde era. Fifteenth-century porcelains were already collectors’ items by the sixteenth century and the Xuande mark had been used apocryphally since the Chenghua reign period.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 13 centimetres Height: 5.60 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain straight-sided bowl (zhi bi wan) with a transparent glaze. This unusual ‘zhi bi wan’ stands on a broad tapering foot ring. It is covered inside and out with a blue-tinged glaze and carries an apocryphal four-character underglaze blue Xuande reign mark in a double ring on the base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:While the form and mouth dimensions of the present bowl are similar to those of bowls excavated in Zhushan and dating to the Xuande reign, such as one yellow, one blue and one red ‘zhi bi wan’ which were recently displayed in Taipei at the Chang Foundation, the Xuande excavated examples tend to have walls which are higher by about 2 cm. Further, the thick bluish-white glaze on the foot is not at all typical of the Xuande era but is common among porcelains made at Jingdezhen in the Zhengde era. Fifteenth-century porcelains were already collectors’ items by the sixteenth century and the Xuande mark had been used apocryphally since the Chenghua reign period.
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