Bowl, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Not on View

Medium

porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze doucai enamel decoration

Dimensions

overall: 7 x 12.2 cm (2 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele

Accession Number

1972.43.38

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Inscription

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

Provenance

Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Associated Names

Steele, Harry G., Mrs.
Steele, Harry Garfield

Technical Summary

The bowl is in good condition. It is very finely potted with a thin wall. The beveled foot-ring is high and narrow, and the base is glazed.

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: 226, color repro.