Bowl
Unknown Artist
Although true Chinese blue-and-white porcelain was available to elite members of Timurid society, local imitations in stonepaste were popular among the wider public. Modeled after a bowl from Ming China in both decoration and shape, this thin-walled stonepaste example has a three-clawed dragon running along its exterior. Its interior is decorated with a single flower composed of seven small dots in blue and black.
Credit: Purchase, V. Everit Macy Gift, 1932
15th century
Stonepaste; painted in blue and black under transparent glaze
7.5 in
32.33
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
