Caption

Bowl with a lid, ceramics; colored porcelain; Chinese, Qing dynasty Tongzhi period, 1862–1874; subject: bats and swastikas loosely placed in the background of the decoration, genre scenes; inscriptions: hieroglyphs; function: vessel; height 8.6 cm, diameter 10.3 cm., A small round bowl with a lid sits on a reflective surface against a gray background; the bowl is predominantly orange with white cartouche-shaped panels showing painted scenes of people wearing clothing in colors like pink, purple, green, and light blue, and there are small decorative motifs in gold on the orange areas; the rim and base show thin gold accents, and the reflection of the bowl and its painted panels appears on the surface below.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_047

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.8Mb (857.0Kb) / 20.0in x 15.9in / 6000 x 4763 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl lid ceramics colored porcelain Chinese Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 subject bats swastikas loosely placed background decoration genre scenes inscriptions hieroglyphs function vessel height 8.6 cm diameter 10.3 cm small round bowl lid sits reflective surface gray background bowl predominantly orange white cartouche-shaped panels showing painted scenes people wearing clothing colors pink purple green light blue small decorative motifs gold orange areas rim base thin accents reflection painted panels surface .