Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Date
1695 - 1715
Materials
Porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze polychrome enamels and gold
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581638
Summary
Bowls with saucers (see 581638.1), two, porcelain, deep with ogee-shaped foliated flaring rims, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, 1695-1715; decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, translucent polychrome (famille verte) enamels and gold, painted in the centre with two phoenix (fenghuang) on rockwork in a garden, the rims with eight panels outlined in red with various landscapes, the inner rim and exterior foot with bands of red and blue flowerheads on green scrolled panels, the base with double concentric rings enclosing a pseudo square seal mark.
Full description
These bowls and their underplates or saucers were possibly for individual servings of soup or broth at breakfast during the toilette or in the evening. The shape with a cover is described as an écuelle.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt