Bowl

Museum number:
9-12734
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3251 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
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.
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 9-12734, 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 2 of 4 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 3 of 4 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 4 of 4 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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