Description:
Decorated with polychrome overglaze enamel with a design of a green and aubergine dragon surrounded by a mille-fleurs pattern. Interior is filled with a central floral roundel surrounded on the sides of the bowl with depictions of other precious objects.

Label Text:
Intricately hand-painted porcelain bowls like these are thinned in a shaving process that results in vessel walls so slender and delicate they are practically translucent when held to the light. Although the bowls’ bases bear a Qianlong period (1735–1795) reign mark, they are likely early 20th-century homages. It is not uncommon in Chinese art to see earlier marks on later pieces in veneration of the past.

(2015)

Tags:
pottery; vessels; containers

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