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Mantou cup with Dragon

CultureChinese
OriginJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
PeriodMing dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing period (1522-1567)
Datec.1522-1566
MediumPorcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
DimensionsOverall: 5.6 x 15.2 cm (2 3/16 in., 15.2 cm)
MarkingsSix character 'Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi' (Made in the Jiajing reign of the great Ming dynasty) mark in a double circle
DescriptionChinese porcelain shallow bowl, blue and white, 'mantouxin' form with recessed dome base. It has glaze thick with bubbles, and the interior is painted with a central medallion of a coiled five clawed dragon beneath a frieze with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl chased by a phoenix. The reverse frieze has four fish alternating with lotus and aquatic plants.
Credit LineThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain
Object numberG01.2.9
Classifications
Asian Ceramics
Sub-classification
Chinese Porcelain
Status
Not on view
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1662-1722
Object number: G99.10.9
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
18th century
Object number: G01.2.97.1-3
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1700-1720
Object number: G01.2.60a-b
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1620-1640
Object number: G17.13.2
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1570-1620
Object number: G99.1.6a-c
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1643
Object number: G01.2.41
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1573-1620
Object number: G01.2.20
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1550-1640
Object number: G01.2.102
Dish with Coiled Dragon
mid-late 17th century
Object number: T15.2.86
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1600-1640
Object number: G01.2.22
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Early 18th century
Object number: G01.2.88
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
c.1570-1620
Object number: G01.2.6.1-2