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This is a rounded ceramic bowl with a smooth, spherical shape and a wide opening at the top. It is vivid green, with a crackle glaze finish creating fine lines across the surface. The rim around the top is white.
National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art
Bowl
Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Date
- late 18th/early 19th century
- Medium
- porcelain with apple-green glaze
- Dimensions
- overall: 7.3 x 10.9 cm (2 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Decorative Art · Ceramic
- Accession number
- 1942.9.545
- Credit line
- Widener Collection
- Time span
- 1726 to 1750
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Chinese
- glazed
- Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
- Qing
Provenance
Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 1913 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
NGA object ID 1723. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.