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Well carved bowl with slightly flaring sides rising from a shallow foot ring, the stone of pale greyish-white tone with opaque white flecks and pale brown mottling and veining throughout, softly and evenly polished.
Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bowl

Artist Chinese Artist
Date17th-18th century
Place of originChina
MediumJade
DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 3 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (7.8 x 17.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.239
Collections
Visual DescriptionWell carved bowl with slightly flaring sides rising from a shallow foot ring, the stone of pale greyish-white tone with opaque white flecks and pale brown mottling and veining throughout, softly and evenly polished.
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Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
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Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 17th century
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Chinese Artist
Song and Yuan dynasty (960-1368)
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Bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
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Chinese Artist
Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 BCE)
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Chinese Artist
Song and Ming dynasty (960-1644)
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Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
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Vietnamese
Tran dynasty (1225-1400)
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Chinese Artist
Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
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
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Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
Of patra form, well carved with thick walls flaring from the flat foot ring to the high rounded shoulder, the four dark grey areas of the stone spaced vertically around the sides, Qianlong four-character seal mark inscribed on the base
Alms Bowl
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century

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