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Blue and white stem cup with bird on branch Ming
Blue and white stem cup with bird on branch Ming
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406
Title
Blue and white stem cup with bird on branch Ming dynasty, 1465-1487
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Blue and white stem cup with bird on branch Ming
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BATEA : 399
Simple name
cup
Classified name
ceramic; porcelain; blue and white; cup; Ming; bird; Chenghua; China;
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A blue and white stem cup with blue tinged glaze, the cup decorated with a bird on a branch above a pale blue line, the rim above also with single blue line, the interior with character ('yue' meaning 'moon', half of 'ming') enclosed in double blue lines, the tall stem flared at the base and with raised band near the top also with blue lines around near the top on either side of the raised band and round the base.
Description material
porcelain
Description condition
Slight chip on rim Adhesive label Manufacturing flaw in glaze (2006)
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white
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blue
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8.2 cm
Description diameter
6.2 cm (cup)
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1465 = 1487
Production period
Chenghua
Production place
China
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The shape with raised band is found in Chenghua pieces and there are good grounds to date this to that period.
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