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Bowl

Date1279-1368
Label TextThe bowl is covered with an opaque luanbai glaze except for the footring, which indicates it was fired by the traditional upright method, a turning-away from the inverted firing that had been practiced since the late twelfth century.
Object number88.125
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, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 52. Foong, 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).
Credit LineGift of Charles H. McClintick
Dimensions3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm), height 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm), diameter
MediumPorcelain with grayish-toned luanbai glaze and molded decoration
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