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Source Description
This fine porcelain covered bowl exemplifies the reach of China’s long-standing ceramics trade with Southeast Asia. It was produced in China for Siam (known today as the Kingdom of Thailand). The bowl is decorated in a Chinese-inspired style known as lai nam thong. Its identifying characteristic is the ample use of gold, or gilding. On this bowl is a traditional Siamese design of half-length celestial beings in a worshipful, “adoring god” position, each flanked by mythical hybrid creatures whose top half is humanlike and bottom half a horse.
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Document identity
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36228
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Covered Bowl
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36228
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Covered Bowl
description
This fine porcelain covered bowl exemplifies the reach of China’s long-standing ceramics trade with Southeast Asia. It was produced in China for Siam (known today as the Kingdom of Thailand). The bowl is decorated in a Chinese-inspired style known as lai nam thong. Its identifying characteristic is the ample use of gold, or gilding. On this bowl is a traditional Siamese design of half-length celestial beings in a worshipful, “adoring god” position, each flanked by mythical hybrid creatures whose top half is humanlike and bottom half a horse.
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19th century
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CC0
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en
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covered bowls
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cm
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15
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21.5
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Overall w/ cover. H: 5 7/8 x Diam: 8 7/16 in. (15 x 21.5 cm)
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Chinese
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Porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilding (lai nam thong)
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none
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