Bowl with iron-brown floral décor

14th–early 15th century

Not on view

This bowl has a painted floral medallion as the central motif with a summarily executed floral meander on the rim. The freely drawn brushwork displays all the hallmarks of mass production, a skilled painter executing the underglaze iron-solution designs with a practiced hand. It has a high recessed foot, glazed on the exterior and with a chocolate-brown wash on the interior. Examples have been recorded from excavations at a monastery at Dazaifu, in Kyushu, southern Japan, at Trowulen, the Majapahit capital in East Java and at Fostat (Old Cairo), demonstrating the global reach of these ceramics in a 14th and 15th centuries.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Bowl with iron-brown floral décor
Period: Tran or Ly Dynasty
Date: 14th–early 15th century
Culture: Vietnam, Hong River region
Medium: Stoneware with iron-underglaze floral décor
Dimensions: H. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Richard Greenbaum Fund, 2021
Object Number: 2021.182
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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