bowl
Object Name2 Bowls with Stands
Made FromLead (?) Glass, Gilding, Mahogany
Date1644-1949
Place MadeChina; possibly Republic of China
TechniqueGilt, mold-blown, facet-cut
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number75.6.11
Credit LineBequest of Ellen Biedlingmaier
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description2 Bowls with Stands. Colorless, lead (?) glass, gilt; mold-blown, facet-cut. Bowl flares to flat, gilded rim; body facet-cut with four adjoined tiers with small open-fan shapes in lowest row; hexagons in next two; pentagons with curved tops in top row; gilt-painted design in European style, painted in large part, in corresponding forms, on exterior and interior; rounded foot rim bears scroll pattern painted in gilt, both on interior and exterior; above, a gilt line surmounted by long and short perpendicular lines; slightly concave base; painted in gilt on interior and exterior with four-character reign mark of “Qianlong Nianzhi” in seal script within single-lined border square in the center. Two modern mahogany stands of carved, splayed lobes.Provenance
Former Collection
G. Malina, Inc., Oriental Art
Former Collection
Yuan Mingyuan
