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A Chinese Country Ming Blue and White Bowl browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Pottery: Pre 1700: item # 932128 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 1063 when inquiring.
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This flared bowl is from the transitional early to mid Ming period and is in the style known as kitchen Ming – or country Ming for it lack of sophistication in execution and purity. It has an underglaze blue design on the outside loosely drawn geometric figure - circles, lines, etc. The inside of the bowl has a loosely painted figure that could be a persimmon – a common theme in Chinese pottery. The foot and base are not glazed with the natural tan clay showing and significant amounts of kiln grit on the rim of the foot. Infrequent chatter marks can be seen in the base of this bowl. It measures 3” high and is 6” diameter at the top and 2 ½” diameter at the base. Excellent condition – we date it to the mid to late Ming Dynasty – 15th-16th century. The bowl is basically only lightly glazed - there are patches of a white wash. The piece has a slight crackle finish and a matte finish as opposed to a glossy surface - this could indicate that it had been a burial item or recovered from a sea wreck. Early Ming footrims were quite low, later becoming very high, and sharply cut with a knife. Often there was sand adhesion from the kiln floor. Designs included sprawling and openly painted with scrolling foliate designs. Sometimes the bottom of the porcelains had chatter marks - tiny ridges radiating diagonally from the These are so called because the potters let the ceramics slip on the wheel as they chattered away. These also disappeared by 1700. |
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