Bowl

Museum number:
9-12731
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3246 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 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 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12731, described as China. Bowl, porcelain, with enamel decoration. Hemisphere shape, with recessed foot. Heavy enamel decoration covering all of exterior: six Lion-dogs (shih tzu) amidst clouds, some playing with silk-brocade balls, another with a dragon. Enamels are thick, and opaque, with black detail. Traces of gilt between clouds and on rim. Double peach and bat medallion on center interior bottom. Coral-red "seal mark" on base of T'ung Chich reign (1862-1873) of the Ching Dynasty. Height 6 centimeters, diameter 13.2 centimeters.

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