Bowl
ca. 1725-1730 (made)
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Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Shallow with an openwork border composed of intersecting circles and a low foot ring. Decorated with a spray of peony half encircling the inside and with a phoenix perched on it. A second phoenix hovers in the air. On the back is a continuous border of scrolling stems with leaves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded, probably Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1725-1730. |
| Physical description | Bowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Shallow with an openwork border composed of intersecting circles and a low foot ring. Decorated with a spray of peony half encircling the inside and with a phoenix perched on it. A second phoenix hovers in the air. On the back is a continuous border of scrolling stems with leaves. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MAN-NEN. TAI MEI' (In pseudo-Oriental characters in underglaze blue)
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs M. Gross |
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| Accession number | C.76-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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