明隆慶 景德鎮窯青花詩文碗|Bowl with inscription

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late 16th century · Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

Porcelain produced during the short reign of the Longqing emperor is rare. The elegantly written inscription quotes from the Song of the Lady with the Silk Worms, a poem by the famed Xie Fangde (1226–1289), and reads in part: “Not only does the moon shine through the willows before the storied house but pretty girls continue to dance and sing ...take heed lest the silkworms have not enough leaves.”

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 16th century

Medium

Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 2010