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bowl

Object NameBowl with Stand

Made FromLead (?) Glass, Gilding, Mahogany

Date1644-1949

Place MadeChina; possibly Republic of China

TechniqueGilt, mold-blown, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 6.7 cm; Rim Diam: 15.5 cm

Accession Number75.6.11 B

Credit LineBequest of Ellen Biedlingmaier

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

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 “乾隆年制 Qianlong Nianzhi” 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