bowl BM-PDF.624

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 126 millimetres Height: 40 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain bowl with flaring sides, straight mouth rim and low foot formed by a recessed base. There is a floral scroll of peonies, chrysanthemums and lotuses in underglaze blue on the exterior, and a lotus flower and scrolls of stylised leaves in underglaze blue on the interior. There is a mark on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620 Room 95 label text:PDF 624Blue-and-white bowl with a prayerInside this bowl is decorated with six Tibetan/Sanskrit characters. The inscription is written in the cavetto, rather like a prayer inside a Tibetan prayer wheel. As the bowl is rotated, the prayer is released. The base carries a Wanli reign mark in underglaze blue. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620 PDF 624青花祈禱文碗碗內壁裝飾六個藏文/梵文文字，類似西藏轉經筒中的祈禱文。旋轉碗就意味著念誦祈禱文。器底署青花萬曆年款。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆，萬曆款，1573-1620年