- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Bowl with plain rim; very thickly potted; low, broad foot and base unglazed.
Clay: Fine white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent glaze on interior; lead-based glaze on exterior tinted deep blue with cobalt.
Decoration: incised dragons, etc. outside.
Six-character Xuande (Hsuan-te) mark on the inside.
- Marking(s)
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Six-character Xuande mark on the inside.
- Published References
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- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 97.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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