Large Ogee-Shaped Export Ware Bowl with Scalloped Edge and Decoration of Figures, Flowers, and Waves
18th or 19th c.
Description
A large export ware bowl with an ogee-shaped profile and a scalloped edge. Thin white porcelain body with underglaze blue borders featuring palmettes and waves filled with geometric patterns. Additional details have been added in gold. The enamel (fencai 粉彩or famille rose) decoration on the exterior is repeated on both sides of the vessel” a vignette featuring three men in an outdoors scene in front of a river. A man in a magenta robe stands above, a second man in a purple robe sits beside him at a table, and purple, and a third man in an orange robe stands behind the table. On either side of the vignette are sprays of orange and magenta flowers with green and blue-green leaves.
Provenance
Arthur and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, MA (by 2020), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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