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1942.9-551 (C-404)
Bowl with "Rice-Grain'Decoration

Qing dynasty, probably Qianlong period (1736-1795)
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Porcelain with colorless glaze, 12.5 x 20.0 U %2 x 7%)
Widener Collection

TECHNICAL NOTE:
The foot-ring is rounded and encloses a glazed base. The fabrication technique of this vessel is characteris-
tic of the finest Qianlong period "rice-grain" pieces, and
PROVENANCE it can be tentatively dated to this period by comparison
James A. Garland [d. 1901/1902], New York. J. Pierpont Morgan with marked Qianlong examples. 1
[1837-1913], New York; (Duveen Brothers, New York and SL
London); sold 1915 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall,
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter
A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph NOTES
E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
i. The technique is very similar to a "rice-grain" dish in the
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, that bears a six-character
HIS ELEGANT VESSEL HAS THE SHAPE of a Buddhist underglaze blue seal-script mark of the Qianlong period. On
Tmonk's begging bowl. Floral decoration is pierced the "rice-grain" technique and its history, see Hartstone 1978.
through the body in the so-called "rice-grain" technique.
The perforations in the body are filled by the colorless
REFERENCES
glaze. Incised ruyi lappets surround the rim, and two
incised horizontal lines and rising flame motifs surround 1904-1911 Morgan: i: 60, no. 354.
the foot. 1947 Christensen: 24, 31, repro.

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