Porcelain Lotus Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2000 - 2001
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paula Sabloff
label: Donor Name
content: University Of Pennsylvania Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: Blue and white patterned bowl, with red, green, and metallic painted designs on exterior. Pattern of small indentations on interior are from grains of rice that have been fired into the bowl, creating a "rice grain pattern", according to William Fitzhugh, curator of Arctic Archaeology. Dragon motif on inside of bowl and "Made in China" notation on exterior bottom. One of four bowls (see catalog numbers E432404 - E432407) that belonged to Naranchimeg of The Mongolia National Museum, according to collector, Paula Sabloff. Used in the exhibition "Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Kahn".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongol
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049147
label: USNM Number
content: E432404-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 11.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.9 cm