Tea bowl and lid

Museum number:
9-23591a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923591a@2cb
Alternate number:
CB48 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4796
Description:
Object Name: Tea bowl with lid Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: Bowl: 10.8 cm; lid: 10 cm Date: 1913 Country: China Description: The bowl features a scholar and a boy servant (书童 shutong). The reverse is inscribed with caption, date and signature (Shunfa 順發). The rim is gilded; the lid is decorated with a boy servant with a guqin, inscribed on the reverse side. Inscription: Bowl: “A renowned scholar of free spirit. Made by Shunfa autumn month of kuichou” (名士風流葵丑之秋月顺发作 mingshi fengliu kuichou zhi qiuyue Shunfa zuo); lid: “Imitate the method of Yuan dynasty men” (仿元人法 fang Yuanren fa); anachronistic red square reign mark in seal script stamped on foot and on lid: “Made in the Tongzhi era” (同治年製 Tongzhi nian zhi). Place of Origin: China Condition: minor wear on the painting Acquisition Data: Shanghai fish market, with William Kentridge, 2000-11
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Shanghai fish market
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
November 5, 2000
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
1913
Accession date:
February 19, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tea bowl and lid, accession number 9-23591a,b, described as Object Name: Tea bowl with lid Materials: Glazed porcelain Diameter at rim: Bowl: 10.8 cm; lid: 10 cm Date: 1913 Country: China Description: The bowl features a scholar and a boy servant (书童 shutong). The reverse is inscribed with caption, date and signature (Shunfa 順發). The rim is gilded; the lid is decorated with a boy servant with a guqin, inscribed on the reverse side. Inscription: Bowl: “A renowned scholar of free spirit. Made by Shunfa autumn month of kuichou” (名士風流葵丑之秋月顺发作 mingshi fengliu kuichou zhi qiuyue Shunfa zuo); lid: “Imitate the method of Yuan dynasty men” (仿元人法 fang Yuanren fa); anachronistic red square reign mark in seal script stamped on foot and on lid: “Made in the Tongzhi era” (同治年製 Tongzhi nian zhi). Place of Origin: China Condition: minor wear on the painting Acquisition Data: Shanghai fish market, with William Kentridge, 2000-11

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