Bowl

Guangxu period, 1875/1908

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York); sold December 1940 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: 209, color repro.

Inscriptions

in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of two characters each: Qinghua zhenqi (Precious vessel of the Hall of Pure Splendor)

Wikidata ID

Q62758892


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