Search Results:

<< Viewing Record 200 of 382 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed
 


Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Yellow-ground bowl with motifs of "Wishes for Prosperity in the Spring"
Date Made:1821-1850 (Qing dynasty, Daoguang Period)
Type:Container
Materials:Hard-paste porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels on incised decoration (familler rose "medallion")
Place Made:Asia; China; Jiangxi Province; Jingdezhen
Measurements:Overall: 2 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in; 6.4 cm x 13.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  MARK: base (underglaze blue): [Chinese character, Da qing dao guang nian zhi].
Accession Number:  MH 1984.18.5
Credit Line:Gift of Weston P. and Rebecca Partridge Figgins (Class of 1940), in honor of her class
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg

Description:
A famille rose yellow-ground bowl. Decorated on the exterior with four medallion enclosing goats in landscapes, all painted in soft famille rose colors and interspersed by "bogutu" ("hundred antiques" patterns) reserved on yellow scraffiato ground. The interior of the bowl is decorated in underglaze blue with branches and flower sprays surrounding a central roundel of three goats in a landscape. The base with a square seal mark of Daoguang in underglaze blue, reading "Da Qing Dao Guang Nian Zhi."

Label Text:
This bowl is an excellent example of the extremely ornate style that was favored by Chinese emperors during the mid- to late-Qing dynasty. Combining various decorative motifs, a blue-and-white interior is paired with the flamboyant overglaze enamel of lemon yellow on the exterior, a technique that reached its height at Jingdezhen during the Daoguang period. The exterior is further embellished with brocade-like incised scrollwork and decorations used exclusively by the royal court.

(2015)

Tags:
animals; plants

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1984.18.5

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

17 Related Media Items

mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v2_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v3_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v4_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v5_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v6_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v7_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v2_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v3_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v4_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v5_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v6_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v7_01_cc.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_ref.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v2_ref.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v1_01.jpg
mh_1984_18_5_v3_ref.jpg
<< Viewing Record 200 of 382 >>