Object Number: N2509

Collection: Eastern Art

Object Name: bulb bowl

Description: Flat tripod, studded rim, feet shaped like ruyi clouds. Jun ware, grey stoneware shaped by moulding with a skyblue glaze on the inside and a violet glaze on the outside. Base inscribed with the Chinese character for the number four, which was incised before the firing. It has been suggested that such incised numbers refer to sizes, which would help to match flower pots and stands.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Eastern Art Gallery