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Soup Bowl

Porcelain soup bowl with gilt decorations and blue vines with gold flowers on the rim. Central panel has enamel depiction of two figures holding blue shields with initials.
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  • Porcelain soup bowl with gilt decorations and blue vines with gold flowers on the rim. Central panel has enamel depiction of two figures holding blue shields with initials.

Date:

c. 1745

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Soup Bowl

Place

Jingdezhen (Object made in)

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Made 1740–1750

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

Dimensions

4 × 22.9 cm (1 9/16 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Winfield Foundation

Reference Number

1956.265

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