Pair of wucai saucers with luohan on rush matLate

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Manager ID

800

Title

Pair of wucai saucers with luohan on rush matLate Ming dynasty, 1621-1644

Short title

Pair of wucai saucers with luohan on rush matLate

Record number

BATEA : 794

Simple name

saucer

Classified name

ceramic; porcelain; wucai; Ming; saucer; enamel; landscape; luohan; China; figure; panel; 17th century

Description

Description part summary

A pair of wucai foliated saucers with shallow petal moulded sides. The saucers are painted in the central shaped panel with a luohan wearing turquoise robes seated on a rush matt under a tree within a segmented border of alternating underglaze blue and overglaze red diaper patterns. Beneath is a wide border of six panels with pine, prunus and bamboo alternating with floral rossettes. The rim is dressed with brown enamel and the base has the character for good fortune 'fu'.

Description material

porcelain

Description condition

Adhesive label on baseSmall manufacturing flaws in glaze(2006)

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	white
decoration	wucai polychrome

Description length

Description height

Description diameter

14.8 cm

Description width

Description depth

Description inscription

Description notes

Gallery location

1 in Case 2-26

Labels

Subjects

ceramic > enamel

wood > bamboo

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