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Bowl

Manufacturer Unknown

Manufacturer Chia Ch'ing Mien Chih

CultureChinese | Orient

Date1796-1820

MediumGlass | Cameo

DimensionsOverall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

InscribedImpressed on bottom: four Chinese characters, in rows of two. See card.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6338

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 118

Exhibition HistoryExhibited Rices-Nachmans, 8/31/78-9/25/78, with collection of Chinese Glass & Ceramics from the Museums collections. Loaned to China Trade Museum, 5/4/83-9/29/83, for exhibition "Glass in China: Utilitarian & Decorative Wares of the 18th & 19th Century." Info from their label: "Form derives from Bronze Age Food containers (Ting) later used as incense burner. Relief carved cloud collar with peony blossoms alternating with hemerocallis plants. Ch'ien Lung mark but probably not of period." "Imperial Colors: Chinese Glass at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 3 - September 13, 2026.Published ReferencesFrankfurt am Main, _Europaisches und Aussereuropairsches Glas_, 1980, same mark on #598: "Chia Ch'ing mien chih".