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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Bowl with Decoration of Dragon Pursuing Flaming Pearls
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bowl with Decoration of Dragon Pursuing Flaming Pearls

Artist Unknown
CultureChinese | Yong Zheng Period | Qing Dynasty
Date1723-1735
MediumPorcelain | Enamel | Gilt | Unknown
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (6.4 x 14.3 cm)
InscribedYong Zheng 6 character mark within double circles in underglaze blue on bottom.
Credit LineBequest of Dr. James C. Perry in Memory of Nancy Nash Perry
Object number37.16.40
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 106
DescriptionBowl is white on interior, with two green dragons prancing about on exterior amid flames and two pearls. Ground is yellow enamel. Appears to be gilding (?) on parts of the yellow enamel -- perhaps an irregularity.
with imperial mark painted in underglaze cobalt blue, reading “Da Qing Yongzhengnian zhi” (Made during the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty)
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