Bowl with design of mynahs

Polychrome–Ku-yueh Hsuan type.
Bowl: small with steep sides and low foot. Carved wood stand.
Body: fine grained white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent, glossy.
Decoration: in overglaze enamel colors; five mynahs on branches with autumn leaves; inscription of 10 characters and two simulated seals; four character mark of the Yung-Cheng period in dark gray blue enamel on base.

Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign mark and period, 1723-1735
Medium
Porcelain with enamels over clear, colorless glaze
Style
Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions
H x W: 4.6 x 8.1 cm (1 13/16 x 3 3/16 in)
Geography
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1930.35a-b
On View Location
Freer Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
autumn, China, Jingdezhen ware, porcelain, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Provenance

To 1930
C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]

From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

C.T. Loo & Company 1914-1948

Description

Polychrome--Ku-yueh Hsuan type.
Bowl: small with steep sides and low foot. Carved wood stand.
Body: fine grained white porcelain.
Glaze: transparent, glossy.
Decoration: in overglaze enamel colors; five mynahs on branches with autumn leaves; inscription of 10 characters and two simulated seals; four character mark of the Yung-Cheng period in dark gray blue enamel on base.

Marking(s)

Inscription of 10 characters and two simulated seals; four character mark of the Yung-Cheng period in dark gray blue enamel on base.

Published References
  • unknown title. Washington, March 20, 1938. .
  • Yang Enlin. Chinesische Porzellanmalerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Munich. ill. 6.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 124.
  • Toki Zenshu. 32 vols., Tokyo, 1957 - 1963. pl. 33.
  • Warren E. Cox. The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. 2 vols., New York. vol. 2: p. 586, pl. 164.
  • Dr. John Alexander Pope, Thomas Lawton, Harold P. Stern. The Freer Gallery of Art. 2 vols., Washington and Tokyo, 1971-1972. cat. 103, vol. 1: p. 175.
  • Jan Stuart. Unified Style in Chinese Painting and Porcelain in the 18th Century. vol. 41, no. 2, Summer 1995. p. 43, fig. 15.
  • B. A. Devere Bailey. The Old Moon Pavilion Ware. vol. 67, no. 393 London, December 1935. p. 270, pl. 2 E.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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