Bowl with Peonies
1662–1722
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Bowl with Peonies, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi mark and reign (1661-1722). Porcelain with foreign color (yangcai) overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.198 This bowl was made at the Jingdezhen kilns and then decorated probably in the Imperial Palace workshops in Beijing. In East Asian art, peonies traditionally symbolize prosperity and wealth.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- porcelain with foreign color (yangcai) overglaze enamel decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.198
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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