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Blue-and-white stem bowl with lotus flowers and mandarin ducks
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
- mid-14th century
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
- Dimensions
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17.8 cm (height)
18 cm (diameter)
at foot 11.5 cm (diameter)
6.8 cm min. (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › bowl › stemmed bowl,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
- Accession no.
- EAX.1386
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Further reading
Piper, David, and Christopher White, Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Souvenir of the Collections, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1995), no. 34 on p. 38, illus. p. 38 fig. 34
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 167 on p. 60, illus. p. 60
Chen Xiejun, Chen Kelun, and Lu Minghua, Splendours in Smalt: Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain, trans. Chen Jie and others (Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, 2012), no. 20 on p.100, illus. pp. 100-101
London: The Arts Council Gallery, 16 December 1953-23 January 1954, The Oriental Ceramic Society Loan Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain: 14th to 19th Centuries, Harry Garner, ed. (London: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1953), no. 18, passim, pl. 2.b.18
Glossary (2)
porcelain, underglaze painting
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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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