https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29005/fullPair of 'lianzi' (lotus seed pods) bowlsca.1680-1730Overall (G01.2.85.1 & G01.2.85.2): 8.6 x 15.9 cm (3 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White PorcelainOrigin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, ChinaG01.2.85.1-21Chinese 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.Chinese Ceramics InteractiveChinese Blue and White PorcelainChinese and Japanese Ceramics[]Asian CeramicsChinese Porcelain1854162065ChineseQing dynasty (1644-1911)Six character mark in double circle, 'Da Ming Xuande nian zhi' (Made in the Xuande reign of the great Ming dynasty)