Saucer

12th century

To facilitate mass production, bowls were stacked and fired upside down in saggars (firing boxes). The mouth rim was wiped clean of glaze and finished with a metal band. The lion and the pomegranate are auspicious motifs conveying good wishes for high-ranking officialdom and producing abundant offspring.

Porcelain with transparent glaze and molded decoration

1 in. (2.54 cm), height

5 1/2 in. (14 cm), diameter

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.645

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, Feb. 17 - May 7, 2000.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics, Sept. 7 - Nov. 19, 2002.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009.

Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe, Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 43

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