Artist name:
south Chinese, probably Fukien province
Artwork title:
Bowl
Description: Blue and white bowl; provincial coarse porcelain, 'grove porseleinen' in Dutch; similar to 500. Coarse heavily potted body, burnt brownish on parts not covered with the glaze; high footrim; duck egg coloured heavy glaze; ring on the interior base is unglazed with illegible underglaze blue mark on its centre; decorated in greenish-grey cobalt underglaze on the exterior only; design consists of various renderings of the character 'Shou' (long life) and the Buddhist symbol of the wheel (Lun), standing for the universal monarch and law. South-Chinese export ware to the Philippines to the East Indian Archipelago. Probably Fukien province made.
Artwork date(s): 18th century or later
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: ceramic, glaze
Measurements: H:80 Diam:230
Accession number: 502
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