Bowl with Peony Sprays on Diaper Ground (exterior); Chrysanthemum Sprays (interior)
Unknown Artist
1736–1795
Medium
porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
Dimensions
h. 7.6 cm · diam. 15.5 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.204.1
About this artwork
The production of extraordinarily refined Qing imperial wares such as these could have involved the transportation of undecorated, plain porcelains from the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, to the palace workshops in Beijing, where court painters applied the polychrome enamel decoration. The Qianlong reign mark on the base of the bowl is written with blue enamel over the transparent glaze.