Ceramics
China, Asia
1884
Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze
2014.0016.250.001
Object Number2014.0016.250.001 |
Plate
Ceramics
Gift of Daniel and Serga Nadler
China, Asia
1884
Monarchs and nobility; Dowager Empress Cixi
Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze
1.693 (H) , 9.331 (Diam)
4.3 (H) , 23.7 (Diam)
Daniel Nadler measurement: 23.5cm diameter
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[Book] Scott, Rosemary E. For the Imperial Court: Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art.
• Yellow ground bowl from same set: p. 79, no. 21, late Tongzhi (1862-74) or early Guangxu period (1875-1908), with details re inscription and the Dowager Emperess. (Same bowl as below.)
[Book] Scott, Rosemary E. 1992 Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration: Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain.
• Yellow ground bowl from same set: p. 173, no. 200, Qing dynasty, Guangxu (1875-1908), believed to have been made for the Dowager Empress Cixi.
[Book] Avitabile, Gunhilde. 1987 From the Dragon’s treasure: Chinese Porcelain from the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Weishaupt Collection.
• Yellow and turquoise ground wares "connected with the 60th anniversary of [Dowager Empress] Cixi (1894)": pp. 110-112, with history of such wares. These examples have floral and bird designs.
[Book] Li, He. 1996 Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
• Fludet yellow ground bowl from same set: pp. 308-9 and 330, no. 671
[Book] Nadler, Daniel. 2001 China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain, Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908.
• Turquoise and yellow enamel bowls from same collection, also with Cixi associations: pp. 189-192, nos. 268, 269