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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 136, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1821-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, of porcelain, painted inside in underglaze blue and outside in overglaze polychrome enamels with symbols of longevity: peaches, swastika and lingzhi fungus. On the outside are roses and other flowers and lingzhi fungus, in four medallions, reserved in white on a yellow ground with peaches and swastika and incised scrolls. Inside is a medallion containing lingzhi fungus and plants growing on rocks amid a waterfall, surrounded by four groups of rose-sprays and fungus.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels, China, Qing dynasty, Daoguang mark and period (1821-1850)
Physical description
Bowl, of porcelain, painted inside in underglaze blue and outside in overglaze polychrome enamels with symbols of longevity: peaches, swastika and lingzhi fungus. On the outside are roses and other flowers and lingzhi fungus, in four medallions, reserved in white on a yellow ground with peaches and swastika and incised scrolls. Inside is a medallion containing lingzhi fungus and plants growing on rocks amid a waterfall, surrounded by four groups of rose-sprays and fungus.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'da qing Daoguang nian zhi' in blue seal characters
Translation
Made in the Daoguang period of the great Qing dynasty
Credit line
Bequeathed by W. H. Cope, Esq.
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. W. H. Cope, accessioned in 1903. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
from label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
653-1903

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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