Wu Yishan blackware bowl, Southern Song dynasty, China, 1200-1279. Artist: Unknown

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Wu Yishan blackware bowl with gilt auspicious characters, Southern Song dynasty, China, 1200-1279. A Wu Yishan blackware bowl tending to brown where the glaze is thin. The interior is painted in gold with four six-petalled flower-shaped medallions surrounding good luck characters. The flowers are surrounded by gold lines radiating from the small flat centre, the exterior has a plain black glaze extending two thirds of the way down. The base is knife-parred and unglazed, revealing the buff body.

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Size: 2213px × 2830px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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