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Chinese

Bowl with Design of Flowers and Boys, 1100s

Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Chinese

Title

Bowl with Design of Flowers and Boys

Year

1100s

Medium

Porcelain with glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

porcelain

Techniques

glazed porcelain

Dimensions

Diameter: 20.3 cm (8 inches)

Place

China

Type

Ceramics

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.432

Exhibition History

Chinese Ceramics from the Museum's Collection

March 22 - May 26, 1996

The Art of the East Asian Potter

May 20 - October 9, 1988

Asian Art Galleries

Gracefully incised decorations of flowers and boys come to life where the glaze has pooled on the interior of this bowl. Boys amidst flowers became popular in China as a motif symbolizing a wish for male heirs.

Qingbai (meaning “blue-white” in Chinese) wares are known for their pale blue hues, meant to mimic white jade.

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

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