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Source Description
This tripod bowl consists of a white porcelain paste molded and carved with designs, handles, and feet and covered with white glaze. The crisp molding on the body depicts a variety of auspicious symbols as dangling pendants. The inclusion of two pairs of fish as well as the Chinese character "xi' for "happiness" suggests the bowl commemorates the beginning of a happy and long marriage. Fine incisions and a variety of textures are impressed into the paste of these designs. The looped handles take the form of two dragon heads bearing loose porcelain rings in their mouths.
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Document identity
localId
3159
label
Ornamented Bowl
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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3159
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Ornamented Bowl
description
This tripod bowl consists of a white porcelain paste molded and carved with designs, handles, and feet and covered with white glaze. The crisp molding on the body depicts a variety of auspicious symbols as dangling pendants. The inclusion of two pairs of fish as well as the Chinese character "xi' for "happiness" suggests the bowl commemorates the beginning of a happy and long marriage. Fine incisions and a variety of textures are impressed into the paste of these designs. The looped handles take the form of two dragon heads bearing loose porcelain rings in their mouths.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1820-1850 (Daoguang)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Daoguang (1820-50)
med
porcelain with white glaze
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6238
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CHN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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