Dice Bowl

1426–35
Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
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The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
Dice Bowl

Dice Bowl

1426–35

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435)

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