Monday 11 November 2013

Ming Dynasty - Blue & White Bowl


 This is a lovely heavy bowl that lines with floral & leaf motifs in Blue & White.









The bottom of the bowl says it was made during the reign of Ming Dynasty : Emperor Xuan Der



 Emperor Xuan Der of Ming Dynasty 
(Year 1399 - 1435)

4 comments:

  1. Nice blue big white bowl. I wonder why the colour used for antiques like these area are always blue colour?

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    1. This is a very good question which I am only able to answer after visiting the museums in Xian, Shanghai and Chengdu.
      To cut my long story short, the ancient Chinese dynasties like Zhou, Song & Yuan only used dull earthen colours for their ceramic & porcelain wares as seen in the museum in Xian. >>>> http://twilightzone518.blogspot.com/2012/12/shaanxi-history-museum-big-wild-goose.html

      Later on colours were added in their wares and female costumes from the start of Tang Dynasty. Even Chinese costume movies with sexy ladies in flowing dresses could tell that it was Tang Dynasty. When Ming Dynasty took over, they improved the kiln productions and Blue colour became popular since then. Nobody is able to point out where my old pieces were really produced during Ming dynasty but I learnt from some folks that even during the last Qing Dynasty, there were pottery factories still producing Ming wares with same seals. They did not even think of faking in mass productions for world market in olden days. I may be wrong in these theories but that's what I heard.

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    2. Thanks for the detailed information about the blue colour.

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