Bowl (one of a pair) 黃彩草花紋碗一對

Ceramics
China

Subject/design:

Floral design

Materials:

Porcelain with enamel painting

Technique:

Enamel painting

Date:

Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Daoguang period (1821-1850)

Size:

Diam. 18,5 cm

Place of origin:

China, Jiangxi, imperial kilns of Jingdezhen

Mark:

Mark of Daoguang (1821-1850): da Qing Daoguan nian zhi 大清道光年製  in sigillar script in underglaze blue

Description:

Enamelled bowl with yellow ground with spreading sides rounded below and everted at the lip; tapered foot. Round the outside reserved on a ground of deep lemon-yellow enamel and outlined chieftly in black are painted scrolls of feathery leaves with sprays of peony, hibiscus, lotus, orchid, passion-flower and (?) pomegranate, and on the bottom inside are five bats in iron-red, symbolising the Five Happinesses.

Comments:

This decoration was created during the Qianlong period (1736-1795).

Inventory number:

CB.CC.1930.630

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard