Caption

Bowl with a lid, Qing dynasty Tongzhi period, 1862–1874, Chinese, colored porcelain, ceramics; decorated with bats and swastikas and genre scenes, inscription/decoration note: In the background of the decoration loosely placed bats and swastikas. Vessel; height 8.6 cm, diameter 10.3 cm., A small lidded ceramic bowl with a rounded foot and flared rim sits centered on a reflective surface, showing a mirrored image below. The bowl is primarily a warm orange color with white circular panels around its body and lid that contain decorative motifs. There are accents of gold outlining small cloud-like shapes and other tiny decorative marks on the orange background. Within the white panels are painted scenes and figures in colors including green, pink, purple, and pale blue, with some black or dark brown fine lines for detailing. The interior visible at the rim is white, and the overall background behind the object is a flat gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_278

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.8Mb (1.4Mb) / 20.0in x 15.9in / 6000 x 4763 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bowl lid Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 Chinese colored porcelain ceramics decorated bats swastikas genre scenes inscription decoration note background decoration loosely placed Vessel height 8.6 cm diameter 10.3 cm small lidded ceramic bowl rounded foot flared rim sits centered reflective surface showing mirrored image bowl primarily warm orange color white circular panels body contain decorative motifs accents gold outlining small cloud- shapes tiny decorative marks orange background Within white panels painted scenes figures colors green pink purple pale blue black dark brown fine lines detailing interior visible rim white object flat gray.