Artist name:
south Chinese, probably Fukien province
Artwork title:
Bowl
Description: Blue and white bowl; provincial coarse porcelain, 'grove porseleinen' in Dutch; coarse heavily potted body, burnt brownish on parts not covered with the glaze; high footrim; duck egg coloured heavy glaze; exterior base is left unglazed as in a ring on the interior base; underglaze blue mark on centre of interior base; decorated in greyish underglaze blue 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; 2 concentric circles on footrim and 2 beneath design. South-Chinese export ware to the Philippines to the East Indian Archipelago. Probably Fukien province. Remains of brown sticky label on base with I Stern written in Irma Stern's handwriting.
Artwork date(s): 18th century or later
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: ceramic, glaze
Measurements: H:110 Diam:245
Inscription: unknown mark interior centre
Accession number: 500
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