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The sculpture is a large, rounded bowl with a delicate floral pattern covering its smooth surface. It is predominantly white, with the floral motifs painted in a light gray or off-white. The bowl has a wide, open top, and the same painted pattern appears to continue inside the bowl.
National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art
Bowl with "Rice Grain" Decoration
Chinese Qing Dynasty
- Date
- probably Qianlong period, 1736/1795
- Medium
- porcelain with colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- overall: 12.5 x 20 cm (4 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Decorative Art · Ceramic
- Accession number
- 1942.9.551
- 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
- Qianlong
Provenance
James A. Garland [d. 1901/1902], New York. J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York; (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); sold 1915 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 1729. 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.