Caption

Bowl, 19th century, China. Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel, height 2.3 cm, diameter 9.4 cm. Round, flat-bottomed bowl with low side wall widening toward a curved, gilded outward rim. Mirror decorated on a light purple ground around a central black rosette with four butterflies in white, red, and black, and multicolored flowers including Buddha's fingers/Chinese lemon and surrounding leaves arranged in a circle. Inner wall has a floral tendril on a blue background with multicolored flowers similar to the mirror decoration; a lambrequin ornament at the edge resembles rui-head shapes. Outer wall in turquoise carries a decoration similar to the inner wall. Underside of the bottom coated with single-color purple enamel. Paired with another bowl., A shallow circular dish with a metallic rim decorated with a repeating floral enamel pattern in blues, turquoise, green, red, white, yellow and black, set against a neutral pale background and showing a reflected image of the dish on a glossy surface.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_040

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103.0Mb (1.4Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl 19th century China Cloisonné enamel decorative vessel height 2.3 cm diameter 9.4 cm Round flat-bottomed bowl low side wall widening curved gilded outward rim Mirror decorated light purple ground central black rosette four butterflies white red black multicolored flowers Buddha's fingers Chinese lemon surrounding leaves arranged circle Inner wall floral tendril blue background mirror decoration lambrequin ornament edge resembles rui-head shapes Outer wall turquoise carries decoration inner wall Underside bottom coated single-color purple enamel Paired another bowl shallow circular dish metallic rim decorated repeating floral enamel pattern blues turquoise green yellow set neutral pale background showing reflected image dish glossy surface.