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Bowl (wan) with Water Plants and Arabesques
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Arabesques, an ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines inspired by Middle Eastern culture, appear on Chinese blue-and-white porcelain since the 1300s. The early Ming emperors, particularly the Zhengde emperor, promoted Islam and commissioned porcelain with Islamic calligraphy.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl (wan) with Water Plants and Arabesques, 1506–21. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1506-21). Porcelain; diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1957.359
