Bowl with carved lotus and clouds.

White-Glazed Wide-Mouthed Bowl Molded with Lotus and Cloud Motifs

Vietnam

Tran dynasty (13th-14th century)

  • Titles White-Glazed Wide-Mouthed Bowl Molded with Lotus and Cloud Motifs (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 3 1/8 x 8 in. Diam. (7.9 x 20.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.111.2010
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers
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Large polychrome jar with openwork bisque fired panels depicting cranes amidst clouds, painted designs in underglaze-blue of winged horse, a ky lan, a tiger-like creature with a Chinese coin, lotus and lotus panels
Bowl with notched rim and molded design of alternating floral and cloud designs, cloud motifs in well.
This stout standing figure retains trases of green and white paint. His legs splayed sighlyt to support his stocky aspect, his arms are bent at the elbows with the proper right hand resting on top of the the left fist. His trousers and sleeves are flared in a dynamic movement. His upstanding hairstyle is typical of fierce, protective figures and a small coiled snake rests between his locks. His head is turned to the proper left. He wears a cloud colar and high boots.
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