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Object NameBowl with Stand
Made FromLead (?) Glass, Gilding, Mahogany
Date1644-1949
Place MadeChina; possibly Republic of China
TechniqueGilt, mold-blown, facet-cut
SizeOverall H: 6.9 cm; Rim Diam: 15.5 cm
Accession Number75.6.11 A
Credit LineBequest of Ellen Biedlingmaier
Exhibitions
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Interpretive Notes
透明描金花卉纹碗
Physical DescriptionBowl with Stand. 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. Modern mahogany stand of carved, splayed lobes.
Provenance
Source Estate of Ellen Biedlingmaier - 1975-09-11
Former Collection Yuan Mingyuan
Former Collection G. Malina, Inc., Oriental Art
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