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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.219
Title
Large Ogee-Shaped Export Ware Bowl with Scalloped Edge and Decoration of Figures, Flowers, and Waves
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
18th or 19th c.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qianlong period, 1736-95
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370456

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze polychrome enamels and gold

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, MA (by 2020), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.219
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A large export ware bowl with an ogee-shaped profile and a scalloped edge. Thin white porcelain body with underglaze blue borders featuring palmettes and waves filled with geometric patterns. Additional details have been added in gold. The enamel (fencai 粉彩or famille rose) decoration on the exterior is repeated on both sides of the vessel” a vignette featuring three men in an outdoors scene in front of a river. A man in a magenta robe stands above, a second man in a purple robe sits beside him at a table, and purple, and a third man in an orange robe stands behind the table. On either side of the vignette are sprays of orange and magenta flowers with green and blue-green leaves.

Verification Level

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