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Inspired by Islamic aesthetics, blue-and-white porcelain expanded the color range of Chinese ceramics. According to some textual records, such porcelain was disdained as a vulgar product among art connoisseurs during the late fourteenth century, when monochromatic wares were most favored.
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元 景德鎮窯青花瓷蓮池紋高足碗
Title: Stem bowl with lotus pattern
Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date: mid-14th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Diam. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Stanley Herzman, 1987
Object Number: 1987.247.5
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