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bowl

Object NameBowl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1800-1899

Place MadeChina, possibly Beijing

TechniqueMold-blown, carved

SizeOverall H: 8.3 cm; Rim Diam: 16.3 cm; Foot Diam: 5.64 cm

Accession Number55.6.17 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

宝石红雉鸡水仙雕刻玻璃碗

Physical DescriptionBowl. Gold ruby glass; mold-blown, carved. Bowl with flaring rim and tapered wall that is rounded toward hollow base; subconical foot-ring. On first bowl, wall is decorated with landscape: rocks and flowering plum tree and magnolia. Long tailed pheasant flies above another pheasant that crouches on rock. Smaller bird in plum tree watches another bird in sky. On base, “乾隆年制 Qianlong Nianzhi” four-character mark within square, double-lined border, late added.
Provenance

Source Leopold Blumka (-1973) - 1955-06-23