Caption

Bowl, painted enamel, Qing 1644–1911, Chinese, 18th/19th century. Ceramic vessel decorated with lotuses, coins, flower tendrils and bats iconography symbolizing happiness. Height 6.3 cm; width 8.5 cm; depth 15.3 cm., An ornamental bowl with a curved, crescent shape sits on a reflective surface, showing a mirrored underside; the bowl's exterior is a light turquoise with a dark blue stylized motif, while the interior features a detailed patterned background in turquoise with ornate swirls and a border in brownish-red, decorated with floral medallions in pink, white, blue, and yellow, and additional circular accents in deep blue and purple, all outlined with thin gold edging.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_167

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (1.0Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl painted enamel Qing 1644–1911 Chinese 18th 19th century Ceramic vessel decorated lotuses coins flower tendrils bats iconography symbolizing happiness Height 6.3 cm width 8.5 cm depth 15.3 cm ornamental bowl curved crescent shape sits reflective surface showing mirrored underside bowl's exterior light turquoise dark blue stylized motif interior features detailed patterned background turquoise ornate swirls border brownish-red decorated floral medallions pink white blue yellow additional circular accents deep blue purple outlined thin gold edging.