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 short foot, shown against a plain light gray background, has a crackled off-white glaze with a warm beige and faint pinkish tint, and a few areas of darker beige spotting; a hand-painted dark blue sinuous dragon motif wraps around the body with several small dark blue decorative marks scattered nearby; the rim interior shows a denser pinkish wash, and the foot rim has a slightly darker beige edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_234

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88.3Mb (943.7Kb) / 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 short foot shown plain light gray background crackled off-white glaze warm beige faint pinkish tint areas darker beige spotting hand-painted dark blue sinuous dragon motif wraps body several small dark blue decorative marks scattered nearby rim interior denser pinkish wash foot rim slightly darker beige edge.