Faceted bowl with decoration of palace ladies enjoying music in a garden

Unknown (Chinese)

Item type:

vessel

Date of creation:

1862-1874

Height:

5.7 cm  (2 1/4 in.)

Diameter:

12.0 cm  (4 3/4 in.)

only one side visible in museum image

Technique / Medium:

porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels; with overglaze red enamel mark reading

Place of creation:

Jingdezhen (Jiangxi, Zhongguo)

School:

Tongzhi

Description

Porcelain bowl with image of a seated female sitting under a tree, playing a plucked string instrument (probably a pipa)

Iconclass

48CC7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked) - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pipa [3413]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911; Tongzhi period, 1862-1874

RIdIM record id

5672