Foliated Bowl with floral designs

14th-15th century

The lovely carved lotiform edge of this bowl enhances the incised decoration of the interior. The beautiful sea-green glaze is a hallmark of this celadon-type glazed stoneware, one of the signature products of the Sawankhalok kilns.

Stoneware with celadon glaze

3 3/8 in. (8.57 cm)

Diam.: 12 in.

Diam. bottom: 4 3/8 in.

Gift of Gloria Gunn Prince

92.82.81

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

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