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This is a photograph of a celadon bowl with a floral design. The image showcases a bowl made from celadon with a pale green glaze. The bowl has a floral relief pattern featuring flowers and leaves on its outer surface. The bowl is placed on a flat surface against a neutral background.
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This is a photograph of a celadon bowl with a floral design. The image showcases a bowl made from celadon with a pale green glaze. The bowl has a floral relief pattern featuring flowers and leaves on its outer surface. The bowl is placed on a flat surface against a neutral background.

National Gallery of Art · Decorative Art

Bowl

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Date
Yongzheng period, 1723/1735
Medium
porcelain with celadon glaze
Dimensions
overall: 4.5 x 11.6 cm (1 3/4 x 4 9/16 in.)
Classification
Decorative Art · Ceramic
Accession number
1972.43.18
Credit line
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Chinese
  • glazed
  • Decorative Arts. Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets
  • Yongzheng
Provenance

(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.

Inscription

in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of three characters each enclosed in a double circle: Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty)

NGA object ID 53325. 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.