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Description: | Shu fu ware stemcup. Thinly potted, resonant and translucent porcelain stemcup. The bowl of the stemcup has rounded sides with a slightly splayed rim. It is decorated inside in low relief with a moulded border of two slender four-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls around the cavetto with a moulded pattern in the centre. The stem of the cup is tall, hollow and undecorated and splays slightly to the foot. The stemcup is covered in a slightly opaque glaze with a bluish tinge, except for the footrim and inside of the stem which are unglazed. There are pinholes on the exterior, which occurred during the firing process. Description Source: Legeza, I.L. 1972. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham. London: Oxford University Press, p. 37 | Subjects: | cup receptacle/vessel cup | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=315... | Go to resource |
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