Object Number 2014.0016.251.001

Object Name

Bowl

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Daniel and Serga Nadler

Place of Origin

China, Asia

Date

1884

Subjects

Monarchs and nobility

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Dimensions (inches)

2.362 (H) , 5.512 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6 (H) , 14 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Daniel Nadler measurement: 5.8cm height, 13.8cm diameter

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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