Bowl

Museum number:
9-14606
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014606
Alternate number:
3118 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Object count:
1
Description:
Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
Pre- 1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 9-14606, described as Bowl, white dress, with champleve enamel and engraved decoration. Squat, widest at shoulder, tapers to sightly narrower flat bottom, short neck. 2 scenes with human figures engraved on sides:Emperor, seated on dais, in garden, surrounded by 9 officials and 1 male dancer. Architectural background, and trees. Other side ; mounted dancer as warrior, holding spear, banner attendant at side, 3 men kneel, 1 holding stags horn, 2 men with swords under pine. Mountains in background. Clothing, tree trunks etc. filled with dark blue enamel. 2 filled holes for handle on 2 sides. 2 dents in shoulder height 8 centimeters max diameter 15.5 centimeters.

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