Bowl

Ceramic

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Stenton

The image depicts an intricately decorated porcelain plate featuring a central design of vibrant flowers and possibly a blue vase or bird, surrounded by an array of rich red, pink, blue, and green floral patterns.

The image depicts an intricately decorated porcelain plate featuring a central design of vibrant flowers and possibly a blue vase or bird, surrounded by an array of rich red, pink, blue, and green floral patterns.

Name/Title

Bowl

Entry/Object ID

L2014.1.27

Description

Saucer-shaped dish standing on a foot ring, having a Batavia iron brown wash with three reserves painted in overglaze famille rose enamels with peonies and butterflies over the exterior; a pink and blue diaperwork border with six reserve panels at the inner rim; and a leaf-shaped panel surrounded by flowers containing a vase of flowers with a ruyi scepter and a book on an artemisia leaf in the center of the well.

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

1730 - 1750

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Width

10-1/2 in

Material

Enamel, Hard Paste Porcelain