Bowl

Museum number:
9-12721
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3229 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
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.
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
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 9-12721, 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 2 of 6 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 3 of 6 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 4 of 6 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 5 of 6 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 6 of 6 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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