Covered Bowl

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1899

This bowl and lid – with a rooster-shaped knob – is covered with dark red monochrome glaze. In China this lustrous dark red colour was called ‘sacrificial red’. This type of pottery was made in Jingdezhen from the 15th century and remained in production throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).

  • Artwork typecovered bowl
  • Object numberAK-MAK-617
  • Dimensionsheight 11.7 cm, height 7 cm, diameter 9.7 cm, diameter 4.7 cm, height 5.2 cm x diameter 10.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met een monochroom glazuur

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Covered Bowl
    • Covered bowl with a red glaze and cock-shaped finial

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-617

  • Description

    Dekselkom van porselein, bedekt met een monochroom donkerrood glazuur. De randen zijn wit. Binnen de voetring wit geglazuurd; met het zes-karaktermerk van keizer Yongzheng. Dekselknop in de vorm van een haan. Monochromen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark: ‘大 清 雍 正 年 製’

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1899

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein met een monochroom glazuur

  • Dimensions

    • height 11.7 cm
    • height 7 cm
    • diameter 9.7 cm
    • diameter 4.7 cm
    • height 5.2 cm x diameter 10.2 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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