Bowl

Museum number:
9-12735
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012735
Alternate number:
3252 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12735, described as China. Bowl, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, on short narrow foot. Interior plain white. Exterior has representation of boy with cock, and hen with chicks amid peonys, grass, rocks, etc., in rich translucent overglaze enamels. Detail in black. Calligraphic text in rectangular area with 132 characters and seal. Seal mark of Ch'ien Lung reign (1736-1795) on base in iron-red. Body is thin, but many impurities in surface. Height 5.1 centimeters, diameter 12 centimeters.

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