VesselsChinese18th-19th century

Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Two Pink Dragons against a Yellow Ground, Each Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel

late 18th-early 19th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, pink, and red enamels and scrolling floral pattern lightly incised in the yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 7.6 x Diam. 21 cm (3 x 8 1/4 in.)

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