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metal export bowl with Western figures


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Title metal export bowl with Western figures
Collection Artworld: Oriental Museum
Date 1722 - 1735 CE
Description Famille rose metal export bowl painted on the exterior with scenes of European figures reclining against rocks and under trees. Above the scenes is a border of black and gilt scrolling foliage on a pale blue background with a similar border on a pale pink background below. The foot of the bowl is also decorated with such a border, on a pale blue background. The interior of the bowl is white with two narrow bands of blue and red around the inside of the rim. There are no markings on the underside of the bowl.
Cultural Context Chinese
Id Number Current Accession 1969.376
Location Creation Site Zhonghua, Guangdong, Guangzhou
Location Current Repository The Oriental Museum
Subject receptacle/vessel, bowl
Rights Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved
Rights Owner OM
Style Period Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng
Work Type bowl
 

 

 

 

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