Collector: Anson Stiles Blake / Donor: Design Department (UC Berkeley) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12686, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with grey-green crackled glaze. Large, wide, somewhat shallow bowl has nearly vertical sides and flat bottom. Short narrow footed base. Glaze is a light green-grey, opaque celedon. The crackles are large and stained dark of 'earth worm crackle' style, with long deep crackles. Fine crackles between the dark ones. Recessed foot is glazed except for foot. Many scratches in surface of glaze. Height 9.6 centimeters, diameter 22 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12721, described as China. Bowl, porcelain; octagonal and footed. Thick, heavy walls, slightly curved, flared out sides, foot flares out. Opaque turquoise glaze interior, and base. Exterior enamel decoration: blue jui scepter-heads-band on thick opaque yellow near rim. Below: an emblem of the eight immortals on each of the eight sides in various colors amid fillets and leaf scrollwork on white ground. Multi-colored geometric band on base of bowl, blue curl-work band on foot. Gold on rim. Iron-red reserve seal mark on base of T'ung Chih reign (1862-1874). Surface of interior glaze very scratched, many stains. Height 8.7 centimeters, maximum diameter 21.4.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12733, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Small hemisphere shape on short narrow foot. Matched with 9-12732. Thick, opaque enamel decoration covering all of exterior Chinese cabbage (bok choy) pattern. Opaque white stems at foot with incised detail; more translucent light and dark green leaves near rim with spots of red. Black detail. Interior plain with mottled grey surface except for small peach and bat medallion at center in green, pink, and coral-red. Brown on rim. Crack on side; chips in rim, and scratched surface. Height 5.2 centimeters, diameter 11.1 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12747, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Rose Canton tradeware. Human figure and architecture motif. Large hemisphere shape. Central medallion with five figures, surrounded by key-fret cloud pattern band of gilt. Wide band on interior side with two scenes containing figures. Narrow band near rim with flora and insect design on gilt ground. Exterior: four panels with two alternating designs with figures, surrounded by four of the emblems of the Eight Immortals. Floral bands on gilt near rim and on foot. Five large chips in rim. Broken and mended. Many cracks. Height 9 centimeters, diameter 21.2 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12729, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with enamel decoration. Trefoil lobed, on short recessed foot. Turquoise glazed interior. Exterior has polychrome floral scrollwork on canary-yellow ground; with lotus and peony. Short foot has narrow band of underglaze blue comb pattern, gilt on rim. Underside within foot glazed turquoise with reserved red seal mark of T'ung chih (1862-1874). Interior glaze very worn. Height 6.5 centimeters, maximum diameter 13.6 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12734, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with overglaze enamel decoration. Squat bell, or tulip shape: wide flared out rim flange on globular body, narrow short foot. Exterior has representation of Chinese cabbage design covering all of surface in thick opaque white, and mottled light and dark green with black detail, spots of iron-red and trraces of gilt. Interior has peach and bat medallion at center; and two flowers and two birds opposite each other on rim. Gilt edge. Illegible seal mark on foot base in iron-red. Height 5.4 centimeters; diameter 12.2 centimeters.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12727, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemispherical bowl on short cylindrical foot; slightly scalloped rim. Interior has small design of peach and bat on center bottom. Exterior-underside filled with decoration: four bats holding garland with two cash, alternating with four shou "longevity" seal characters, amid floral scrollwork. Colors include dark and light green, yellow, grey, coral-red, gilt, and linear black detail. Ming Dynasty reign mark of Ch'eg hua (1465-1487) in underglaze red on base. Trace of gilt on rim. Side broken and mended. Height 6.5 centimeters, diameter 16.6 centimeters.

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