Jingdezhen kilns
Bowl Decorated with Design of Flowers and Leafy Vines
Early 15th century
Scroll
Jingdezhen kilns
Bowl Decorated with Design of Flowers and Leafy Vines
Early 15th century
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration, 4 × 8 3/8 in. (10.2 × 21.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
1953.207
Iranian decoration may have inspired the flower-and-vine scroll decorating this bowl, but the narrow leaves around its exterior represent a further development of carved and incised designs that originated on Chinese northern white ceramics.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1953; C. K. Chang, Baltimore
Collection installation, "Asia. Artistic Innovation & Exchange", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Frances Klapthor, "Brushwasher," "Diamond of the Month," BMA, 1989.
Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics," Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 74, p. 54.
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 01/C
