Bowl

19th century

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The image shows a decorative ceramic bowl with a vibrant yellow glaze as its primary color. The bowl has intricate green patterns of stylized clouds interspersed with motifs in red and blue. The design forms a continuous band around the external surface of the bowl, and the rim is adorned with a green band featuring a repeating circular pattern. The bowl has a gently flared form and fine detailing, indicating artisanal quality.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parish-Watson Gallery, New York); sold to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 208, color repro.

Inscriptions

falsely inscribed in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of three characters each: Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty)

Wikidata ID

Q62758883

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