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Bowl

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jingdezhen (made)

Bowl of porcelain, with fluted sides and wavy edge. Painted in underglaze blue, on the outside with ten panels of boys at play, below which are ten petal-shaped compartments, containing alternately a pair of boys at play and a formal design of cloud scrolls. Inside, on the bottom, two boys at play; round the rim, swastika diaper, broken by four lotuses and four reserved panels of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Porcelain
Cobalt Oxide
Painted
Glazed
Blue and White
Brief description
Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Chenghua mark)
Physical description
Bowl of porcelain, with fluted sides and wavy edge. Painted in underglaze blue, on the outside with ten panels of boys at play, below which are ten petal-shaped compartments, containing alternately a pair of boys at play and a formal design of cloud scrolls. Inside, on the bottom, two boys at play; round the rim, swastika diaper, broken by four lotuses and four reserved panels of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
Styles
Kangxi
Blue and White (Asia)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'da ming Chenghua nian zhi' in a double circle, in underglaze blue
    Translation
    Made in the Chenghua period of the great Ming dynasty
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Boys
Cloud Scrolls
Swastikas
Floral Patterns
Lotus
Other number
Loan no. 300
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.884-1910

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
Record URL
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