Large bowl decoration of pine, bamboo, and plum in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign (1426-1435)

Large bowl decoration of pine, bamboo, and plum in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign (1426-1435)

• Image Number: C1B003904N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Food utensil
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Open slightly, wide mouth edge, shallow arc wall, flat bottom, round foot. The outer wall of the utensil is painted with two groups of six pine, bamboo and plum patterns, with a circle of lotus petal patterns at the bottom and a circle of wave patterns on the foot. There is no ornamentation in the vessel. The white glaze is green, the blue and white flowers are bright, and there are occasionally iron brown crystal defects. The fetal bone is even thick, the ring foot is flat and wide, the fetus is exposed, white and delicate, with iron spots between. Along the outer mouth and above the plum trees, the blue and white script “Made in Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty” is a six character regular script.