bowl

Object Name2 Bowls with Stands

Made FromLead (?) Glass, Gilding, Mahogany

Date1644-1949

TechniqueGilt, mold-blown, facet-cut

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number75.6.11

Credit LineBequest of Ellen Biedlingmaier

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Place Made

China; possibly Republic of China

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.
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