Bowl with clouds in underglaze blue, Mid-Ming dynasty, 1436-1464-China Archive

Image Number: K1B015451N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
A large bowl with a curved wall and a straight wall with round feet. The feet touch the ground without glaze, and the inside is full of glaze without style. There are several cloud patterns in the double circle of the bowl. The turtle shell pattern is decorated between two double lines near the mouth edge of the outer wall, and cloud patterns are also depicted on the abdominal wall. There is a circle of wave pattern near the foot circle, and the foot wall is decorated with three string patterns. The cloud pattern and sea water pattern on the bowl wall are all ceramic patterns that run through the Ming Dynasty. The cloud pattern is a curly cloud head with three or four legs. The outline edge is left blank. The sea water pattern is also two round heads with six fingered waves. The top is spotless, and the style is between Xuande and Chenghua. There are a lot of blank places left on this piece, especially the decorative space seems to be reserved between the belly of the piece. It may be an unfinished work to add color after the blue and white painting.