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Bowl with Carved Lotus Design

1100s–1300s
(1279–1368)
Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze
Overall: 6.6 x 15.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.181
Location: not on view
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In Chinese Buddhist culture, the lotus flower symbolizes good fortune and the process of achieving spiritual enlightenment.

Description

This pale green–glazed bowl is decorated with a medallion at the center and a lotus motif on the inside and outside walls. China’s increasingly prosperous ceramic industry began exporting green stoneware during the Tang dynasty (618–906) as far as North Africa. Imitations in Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are evidence of its popularity and enormous success as export ware.
Bowl with Carved Lotus Design

Bowl with Carved Lotus Design

1100s–1300s

China, Southern Song (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

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