Caption

Bowl, Chinese, 19th century. Blue-and-white porcelain with cracklework decoration depicting dragons, pearls, and flames. Rolled edge and small foot; crackled glaze stained with pink and lilac spots. Vessel; height 7.7 cm, diameter 7.9 cm., and provenance., A small ceramic cup with a rounded body and a flared rim sits against a plain gray background, the cup’s surface showing a crackled glaze in off-white and pale beige with areas of pinkish staining inside the rim and near the upper exterior; a dark blue stylized dragon motif wraps around the body with additional small decorative marks in the same dark blue, and the cup rests on a short cylindrical foot with a slightly darker base edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_231

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (966.2Kb) / 17.1in x 20.0in / 5143 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl Chinese 19th century Blue- -white porcelain cracklework decoration depicting dragons pearls flames Rolled edge small foot crackled glaze stained pink lilac spots Vessel height 7.7 cm diameter 7.9 cm provenance small ceramic cup rounded body flared rim sits plain gray background cup’s surface showing crackled glaze off-white pale beige areas pinkish staining inside rim near upper exterior dark blue stylized dragon motif wraps body additional small decorative marks cup rests short cylindrical foot slightly darker base edge.