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Bowl with horses carrying books, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, China, 1662-1722.
Bowl with horses carrying books, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, China, 1662-1722. A fluted blue and white bowl with bracketed rim. The bowl is painted in the centre with a circular wave motif in a roundel beneath a narrow band of diaper pattern in deep blue at the rim. The exterior has six alternating horses carrying books amid waves, and dragon heads under clouds above a band of petals in reserve painted with various flower and leaf groups. The base has a ribboned emblem in a underglaze blue single lined circle. The lower half of the bowl is moulded into a lotus flower shape and is decorated with Buddhist symbols. There is also a leaf mark on the base. The horse carrying books is symbolic of the mandarin (horse) holding up the state/government (books).
Unique Identifier
AR919657
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2829px × 2214px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
18th century
ANIMAL
ANIMALS
artefact
Artifact
Bowl
Ceramic
CERAMICS
china
CHINESE
color
country
Dish
DYNASTY
eighteenth century
Horse
HORSES
Kangxi period
LOCATION
Museum of East Asian Art
Object
Porcelain
Pottery
qing dynasty
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY