Bowl

Museum number:
9-12718
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3226 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake and Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
before 1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating), Glaze (coating by location), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Dragons, and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters and height 4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-12718, described as bowl, porcelain. wide and shallow w/ scalloped rim, short recessed foot. incised imperial dragon motif amid flaming pearls and floral scrollwork in emerald green on mustard yellow ground: center medalion-frontal view similar to textile pattern, w/ two elongated dragons on both inner and outer sides. thin iron-brown band following contour of rim edge, 4-character inscription in underglaze blue on base reading 'rare shining vessel of the Ch'ing' H. 4 cm. Dia. 19 cm.

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