bowl
- Museum number
- 1911,0603.2
- Description
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The sides of this finely potted bowl flares out before the rim and stand on foot rings. Inside it and its pair 1911,0603.3 are glazed yellow and outside bear an incised design painted in green enamels on a yellow ground. This shows eight boys on each bowl processing and playing rousing musical instruments in a garden with pine and bamboo. 1911.06-03.2 is decorated with four boys playing a gong, a drum, cymbols and pan pipes respectively while four other boys dance behind. They are all dressed in short robes with long sleeves and trousers. They either have no hair or little top knots. 1911.06-03.3.The bases carry six-character Yongzheng reign marks in underglaze blue in a double ring which reads 大清雍正年製 daqing Yongzheng nianzhi.
- Production date
- 1723-1735
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 15 centimetres
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Height: 6.80 centimetres
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Weight: 0.20 kilograms
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1911,0603.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Franks.70.b (Previously pictured with 1911,0603.3 its pair)