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Altar bowl with Tibetan inscription

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White ceramic bowl on a pedestal base. The bowl has a wide, shallow body that tapers in at the bottom. The bowl is decorated with blue lines and patterns. A line of blue text in a foreign script, possibly Tibetan, encircles the bowl. The pedestal base is white with blue designs at the top and bottom. The background is gray. The bowl is titled "Altar bowl with Tibetan inscription" and is by an unspecified artist.

Artwork Details

Date
early 15th century
Medium
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue and with incised decoration under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 480 px
Public Domain
Yes
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