Bowl with underglaze-blue illustration of court ladies in a setting described in the T’ang poem “Autumn Evening, Hsuan-te reign (1426-1435), Ming dynasty

Bowl with underglaze-blue illustration of court ladies in a setting described in the T’ang poem “Autumn Evening, Hsuan-te reign (1426-1435), Ming dynasty

• Image Number: K1B010270N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Food utensil
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Slotted mouth, arc wall, short circle foot, slightly convex bottom. However, the blue and white flowers of this vessel are thick and colorful, with different shades, brown green spots and iron brown defects, and the size of bubbles on the glaze is sparse and bright. Because the white glaze layer is thick and the outline lines are blue and white, the appearance of ladies is not as beautiful and elegant as the former. Morning Glory, Weaver Maiden Twin Stars, curly edge cloud patterns or curly grass patterns all show signs of diffuse flow, so the patterns and glaze colors are clear and bright without front parts. The white glaze on the inside and bottom of the bowl is green, the fetal bone is even, and the quality is firm and delicate. The blue and white book “Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty” is in regular script with two lines and six characters, plus double circles. Having tasted that there are poems on Xuande objects recorded in the Ming Dynasty, we have not found them so far, so we know that they refer to such poetic devices rather than poems and compositions on them.