Bowl

Museum number:
9-12727
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012727
Alternate number:
3249 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
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.
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 6 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 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.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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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