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Olive green bowl with overlapping lotus petals
Lotus Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Lotus Bowl

Artist Chinese Artist
DateQing Dynasty (1644-1911), 17th-18th century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumNephrite
Dimensions7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm) diameter
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by friends of the Harn Museum.
Object number2006.27.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionOlive green bowl with overlapping lotus petals
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
Olive-green ceramic bowl with a deep, conical body. The exterior features carved, overlapping petal-like designs rising from a small, circular foot.
Celadon Bowl
Chinese Artist
Song and Ming Dynasty, 13th-15th century
Well carved around the sides in low relief with a dense frieze of foliate blooms and furled leaves, issuing from a collar of petals encircling the base, forming a ring foot, the underside with a flowerhead, set with two flowerhead-form handles suspending loose rings, the interior center with a flowerhead, the greenish white stone striated with gray, minor chips.
Chrysanthemum Dish with Ring Handles
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
The translucent white stone carved with overlapping rows of petals radiating out from the cross-hatched center to the scalloped rim, raised on a similarly carved base
Chrysanthemum Bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th-19th century
A white jade covered vase with lotus and bird motifs.
White Vase and Lotus Group
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century
A polished, mottled dark green stone bowl with a matching domed lid. The bowl features flared sides and a small flat base, while the lid is topped with a raised, circular ring knob.
Lidded Bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Bowl of deep rounded form, the lobed sides well carved as six elongated petals rising from the shallow, flaring foot to the barbed rim, the semi-translucent stone of pale celadon tone.
Scalloped Bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
Covered Box and Vase
Covered Box and Vase
Chinese Artist
Tang Dynasty (618-906)
A shallow, wide-rimmed bowl with a marbled pattern of swirling white and dark grey, resting on a small foot.
bowl
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
This semi-translucent stone of soft olive-green color with opaque buff mottling and some dark brown coloring in areas that show signs of alteration from burial, the inner and outer edges well finished and the stone with a high, soft polish, some chips
Ritual Disc (Bi)
Chinese Artist
Zhou Dynasty (c.1050-256 BCE) or earlier
Depiction of a pink lotus flower and stem; the petals are pink with reddish edges; yellow coloring in the center of the flower.
Pink Lotus
Joseph Stella
c. 1922
The sides carved through the olive-brown glaze with a broad band divided into two panels, one depicting a lotus plant, the other a ribbon-tied lotus leaf and a lotus with a pod, reserved on grounds of overlapping waves, and separated by two vertical panels carved with inscriptions, all between linear borders. One of the inscriptions may be read, hau xi ke ge ou, which may be translated as "underneath the flowers the travelers are singing in praise". The other may be read, hai zhong ren xiao yu, …
Cinshou-type carved olive-brown glazed ovoid bottle
Chinese Artist
13th-14th century

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