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14th–early 15th century · Stoneware with iron-underglaze floral décor · Asian Art

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.

Artist

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Date

14th–early 15th century

Medium

Stoneware with iron-underglaze floral décor

Culture

Vietnam, Hong River region

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Richard Greenbaum Fund, 2021