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Bowl with the interior carved in high relief with two fish amidst waves, with Lingzhi and pomegranate.
Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bowl

Artist Chinese Artist
Date18th century or later
Place of originChina
MediumJade
Dimensions6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.218
Collections
Visual DescriptionBowl with the interior carved in high relief with two fish amidst waves, with Lingzhi and pomegranate.
Carved with archaistic motifs
Faceted Vase and Cover
Chinese Artist
19th century
A fine and rare cast and chased parcel-gilt bronze incense tool vase, supported on a low foot rim, the body and slender neck decorate din gilded low relief with dragon amid clouds above a carp swimming amidst crested waves on a ring-punched ground. The underside of the recessed foot with a chiseled four-character mark in rounded seal script hu wen ming zhi (made by Hu Wenming) in a square gilded reserve.
Bottle Vase
Hu Wenming
17th century
Well carved with an attendant holding a brush clinging to the rear haunches of the stocky elephant as it turns its head to the side, the blanket draped over its back decorated with fish leaping from waves below a yinyang symbol, the greyish-buff stone with dark brown veining (description taken from Christie's auction results, not donor appraisal
Elephant
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
A red lacquer box and cover of pomegranate form, carved in high relief with small boys in a rocky landscape
Cinnabar Lacquer Box with Children Play Designs 剔紅石榴式嬰戲圖漆盒 
Chinese Artist
late 18th- early 19th century
Well carved around the sides with a pine tree growing from the rocks that form the base and with five cranes, four grasping auspicious sprigs in their beaks, including prunus, lingzhi fungus, peach and bamboo, with archaistic bird scroll handles, the cover with rope-twist finial, the well-polished stone of pale greenish-white color
Vase with Pine and Crane Motifs
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
The rounded sides flaring up from the small flat circular base, with incurved rounded lip, three chilongs in high relief clambering over the rim, their bifurcated tails trailing around the sides, the stone of mottled greenish white
Bowl
Chinese Artist
Song Dynasty (960-1279) or later
The vessel with a pair of deeply undercut and high relief chilong handles, each animal with finely rendered details and clutching the vessel lip, the stone suffused with dark brown veining throughout
Bowl
Chinese Artist
Song and Ming Dynasty (960-1644)
Of circular form, well-carved with two loop handles suspending rings formed from a pair of bats on either side of a ruyi-shaped terminal, the body carved in light relief with two pairs of diffused and stylized dragons and supported on four small scrolled feet, the stone of even white tone.
Marriage Bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Curved section of ivory, plain on exterior, carved with a design of two women in a garden on interior.
Wrist Rest with Image of Woman in a Garden 牙雕仕女紋竹形臂擱
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 18th-19th century
Doucai Bowl with Dragon Design
Doucai Bowl with Dragon Design
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)
Bowl with shallow well-hollowed form, carved around the sides with feathery leaves and floral sprig springing from a collar of petals encircling the flat base, the underside with a flowerhead of overlapping radiating petals, the rim set with two upright floral sprig handles and loose rings, the thin translucent stone of yellowish green color, minute chips
Bowl
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century
Naturalistically and finely carved as a pair of catfish coiled end to end, each with round eyes and long whiskers, above spiraling and swirling waves, the stone of even white tone suffused with small areas of russet
Twin-Fish Group
Chinese Artist
18th century

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