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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
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bowl

Artist Chinese Artist
Date18th-19th century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions1 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (4 x 19.7 x 14.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.127
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Visual DescriptionBowl 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
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.
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
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th-19th century
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.
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
Raised on three monster mask and claw feet, well carved around the sides with three spaced foliate masks, interrupted by two horned monster mask handles suspending loose rings, the fitted, domed cover with matching decoration, encircling the hollowed ring knop with three tubular tabs, the dark green stone with typical black inclusions and white rivering.
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century
Underglaze and over blue major belly floral band, lower border of sprigs, shoulder with overlapping petal border, unglazed foot.
Vietnamese
15th-16th century
A white ceramic bowl with a slightly flared rim standing on a small foot. The exterior features painted blue floral designs of stylized blossoms with radiating petals. A thin blue line encircles the rim.
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Of tapering globular shape, carved with two layers of eight lotus petals rising from the shallow, pedestal foot, with angular spout, curved handle and plain, straight-cut neck rising from the rounded shoulder, the cover carved as a lotus pad with a four up-turned leaves centered by a mandarin duck holding a lotus spray in its beak, some russet flaws and pale inclusions
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
A small, bulbous white ceramic jar with a short, upright neck. It is decorated with blue painted designs, featuring a large, stylized flower with radiating petals and trailing leafy vines that curve around the body.
Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
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
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), 18th century
Bowl with underglaze blue coursing dragon and floral central interior medallion motif with blue border bands and four dragon and floral sprig motif around exterior, together with base petal lappet band around neat high foot ring, glazed foot ring interior.
Chinese Artist
Late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-16th century
A Mughal-style vase and cover carved from celadon green nephrite with lighter inclusions. The vase is carved in an unusual flattened and fluted form that is elliptical in cross-section. Either side of the vase is carved with three leafy acanthus scrolls and hanging loose rings. The long flaring neck is carved on either side
Chinese Artist
19th century or later
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