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Lidded Bowl

1776 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Beijing (made)

The red lacquer bowl with lid and thin luted sides was produced by highly specialised craftsmen employed at the imperial court of Beijing. The interior of the bowl and the cover have a gilt incised inscription of a poem by the emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), comparing the object to a chrysanthemum flower. Both parts also bear the four character seal of his reign period. The date in the inscription corresponds to 1776.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Lacquerware
SCRAN
Object type
Lidded bowl
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Lacquer, incised inscriptions
Lacquer
Incising
Gilding
Brief description
Red lacquer fluted bowl and cover, China, dated 1776, Qianlong mark and period
Physical description
Fluted red lacquer bowl and cover, shaped as chrysanthemum flower. Inscribed in the interior on both bowl and cover with a poem by the Qianlong emperor. Both parts bear the four-character Qianlong seal mark.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.2cm
  • With lid height: 10.5cm
Style
Qianlong
Marks and inscriptions
  • 制是菊花式，把比菊花轻。啜茗合陶句， 浥露掇其英。乾隆丙申春御題。 (Under cover and inside bowl)
    Translation
    It is made in the shape of a fragent chrysanthemum But compared with the chrysanthemum it is more delicate As I sip tea, I am pleased to compare it With taking dew from this freshly picked flower Imperial brush of Qianlong in bingshen year (From TOCS 1978-90, p. 71)
  • 乾隆年製 (Base of bowl and top of cover)
    Translation
    Made in the Qianlong reign
    Transliteration
    Qianlong nianzhi
Credit line
Given by Sir Harry Garner and Lady Garner
Object history
1935: E.A. Parry
? Percival David
1964: Harry Garner
Summary
The red lacquer bowl with lid and thin luted sides was produced by highly specialised craftsmen employed at the imperial court of Beijing. The interior of the bowl and the cover have a gilt incised inscription of a poem by the emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), comparing the object to a chrysanthemum flower. Both parts also bear the four character seal of his reign period. The date in the inscription corresponds to 1776.
Bibliographic references
  • Garner, Harry (1979) Chinese Lacquer, London-Boston: Faber and Faber, p. 150, pl. 97
  • Chinese and Associated Lacquer from the Garner Collection, London : British Museum, 1973 117
  • Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6, London : Royal Academy of Arts, 1935 2957
  • Kerr, Rose (ed.), Chinese Art and Design. The T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, p.23, fig. 2
  • The arts of the Ch'ing dynasty : an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1964 no. 376
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.66&A-1974

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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