Circular bulb bowl
Place of OriginHenan province, China; Henan province
Date1271-1368
DynastyYuan dynasty (1271-1368)
MaterialsStoneware with glaze (Jun ware)
DimensionsH. 3 5/8 in x Diam. 9 5/8 in, H. 9.2 cm x Diam. 24.5 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P102
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
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Text Entries- Gallery Location Gallery 17
This kind of shallow dish was developed by Song potters for planting bulbs such as the narcissus. The flowers were used to decorate the imperial palace. Resting on “cloud head” legs, this basin was decorated with raised round ornaments beneath the rim and on the lower portion, much like metal drums of an earlier period.
approx. 1100-1127
approx. 1100-1127
960-1127
approx. 1100-1127 or later
1115-1234
approx. 960-1234
approx. 1100
960-1127 or later
960-1234
approx. 1100-1127
approx. 1200-1300