Title

Swatow bulb bowl with qilins, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, China, 1572-1620. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Swatow bulb bowl with qilins, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, China, 1572-1620. A Swatow bulb bowl with three stout plain legs covered (other than the base and interior) with a blue glaze of dark cloudy colour with three qilins alternating with flaming pearls in white slip with incised details. The base has a six character Wanli mark in underglaze blue under white glaze and the piece is of the period.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1572

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_112

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (473,9Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2835 x 2217 (300dpi)

Keywords

blue bowl arts country writing white China art Chinese color colour ming location century porcelain character pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty artifact glazed 17th century 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art Swatow Wanli period object Unknown ceramic ceramic object