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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1944.2
Title
Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Pink Dragons against a Yellow Ground, Each Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 18th-early 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204080

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, pink, and red enamels and scrolling floral pattern lightly incised in the yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
Dimensions
H. 7.6 x Diam. 21 cm (3 x 8 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise W. Case
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
1944.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, 1971), p. 58, no. 61

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