Title

Gilt bronze water container with boy holding the rim, Ming dynasty, China, c early 16th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Gilt bronze water container with a boy holding the rim, Ming dynasty, China, c early 16th century. A small but heavy gilt bronze water container in the form of a fishbowl with a standing boy looking upwards holding the thickened rim. The fish bowl has a continuous lotus scroll decoration in relief and the base is slightly recessed.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1500

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_196

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (491,7Kb) / 9,3in x 7,5in / 2778 x 2254 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature people male boy boys bowl flower flowers plant country metal pattern China Chinese decoration ming location gilt century floral artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty lotus artifact SCROLL Patterned 16th century sixteenth century 15th century Museum of East Asian Art fifteenth century object Unknown bronze bronze object