Bowl with Stylized Leaves, second half of the 16th century


Bowl with Stylized Leaves, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), second half of the 16th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze in interior and blue glaze and gold on exterior (Jingdezhen ware); English gilt silver mount, ca. 1590–1610, Diam. 4 3/4 in. ( cm); Diam. of foot (mount): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); H. of bowl: 2 5/8 in. ( cm); H. at handles: 3 1/4 in. ( cm), Ceramics, Made for export, bowls with this type of decoration are often catalogued as kinrande ware after a Japanese term for fabric with gold thread. Although, as the term implies, such wares are thought to have been made primarily for Japan, examples also reached the Middle East and Europe


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