Conical bowl with underglaze-blue decoration of billows and lotus scrolls, Hsuan-te reign (1426-1435), Ming dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B004767N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Food utensil
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Sloping mouth, oblique straight wall, and round foot. The inner mouth of the bowl is painted with lotus patterns of twigs. The center of the bowl, the edge of the outer wall and the feet are decorated with wavy patterns. The main pattern of the outer wall is painted with lotus patterns of twigs. Ten green lines are added between the inner and outer patterns. The glaze color is rich and colorful, with iron brown defects. The fetal bone is even, fine and white. The bottom book is a two line six character regular script with double circles.