Caption

Bowl stand. Porcelain shard in the form of a ring with white glaze; decoration painted with overglaze iron red, blue, and green enamel. Decorated with bats and shou longevity hieroglyphs. Colored porcelain; Qing dynasty, 19th century, China. Height 3.3 cm; diameter 12.5 cm., A white round ceramic ring with a central circular opening sits upright on a small metallic stand; the ceramic has a decorative border in a reddish-orange hue composed of repeating floral or petal-like motifs and several circular medallion designs in the same reddish-orange color spaced around the inner area, with thin metallic or gold-colored trim along the inner and outer edges; the stand is brass or gold-toned and its reflection is visible on the smooth gray surface beneath, and the background is a uniform gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_327

License type

Rights managed

Available size

102.3Mb (1.7Mb) / 19.9in x 19.9in / 5980 x 5980 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl stand Porcelain shard form ring white glaze decoration painted overglaze iron red blue green enamel Decorated bats shou longevity hieroglyphs Colored porcelain Qing dynasty 19th century China Height 3.3 cm diameter 12.5 cm white round ceramic ring central circular opening sits upright small metallic stand ceramic decorative border reddish-orange hue composed repeating floral petal- motifs several circular medallion designs reddish-orange color spaced inner area thin metallic gold-colored trim inner outer edges stand brass gold-toned reflection visible smooth gray surface beneath background uniform gray.