Bowl

Museum number:
9-12747
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3485 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
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.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
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 9-12747, 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 2 of 4 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 3 of 4 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 4 of 4 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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