bowl
Object Name2 Bowls
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1800-1899
Place MadeChina, possibly Beijing
TechniqueMold-blown, carved
SizeAverage H: 8.4 cm; Average Rim Diam: 16.5 cm
Accession Number55.6.17
Not On View
Interpretive NotesPhysical Description2 Bowls. (A) Bowl, with flaring rim and tapered wall that is rounded toward hollow base; subconical foot-ring. On first bowl, wall is engraved with landscape: rocks and flowering plum tree and magnolia. Longtailed pheasant flies above another pheasant that crouches on rock. Smaller bird in plum tree watches another bird in sky. On base, Qianlong’s four-character mark within square, double-lined border. (B) Gold ruby bowl; minute bubbles and some larger impurities. Cast, engraved in low relief (Hochschnitt), with flaring rim and tapered wall that is rounded toward hollow base; subconical foot-ring. l is engraved with landscape: rocks and flowering plum tree and magnolia and longtailed pheasant. On base, Qianlong’s four-character mark within square, double-lined border.
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