https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29005/fullPair of 'lianzi' (lotus seed pods) bowlsca.1680-1730[]Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueChinese porcelain bowls, both blue and white lotus pod shape (lien tzu), copied after a 15th century design. The decorator even included a mark for the Ming dynasty, thought the bowls date to the late 17th-early 18th centuries. The interior central medallion has trefoils in palmettes with a band at rim of florets. There is a diaper band on the rim of florets and the exterior has a key-fret band at rim and footring.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@436https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/objects/2065/rdf