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Bowl (wan) with Water Plants and Arabesques
1506–21
(1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1506-21)
Diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1957.359
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Chinese potters integrated foreign motifs, shapes, and ideas in order to cater to changing tastes and new customers in an increasingly global world.Description
Arabesques, an ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines inspired by Middle Eastern culture, appear on Chinese blue-and-white porcelain since the 1300s. The early Ming emperors, particularly the Zhengde emperor, promoted Islam and commissioned porcelain with Islamic calligraphy.- 1957–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Jean Gordon. “An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.” The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 223, 1949, pp. 1–72. Mentioned: no. 106, p. 17; Reproduced: no. 106, p. 56 www-jstor-org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.orgCarswell, John, and Jean McClure Mudge. Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World. Chicago: The Gallery, 1985. cat. no. 35, p. 92
- Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 3-December 1, 1985).
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