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Description: | Bowl made of Qing dynasty porcelain from the Daoguang period. Painted with doucai colours. Doucai means dove-tailed, and was a very special type of decoration reserved for the finest porcelains. The normal undeglaze blue pattern was finished in overgalze enamel. The decoration features dragons and phoenix, symbolising the Emperor and Empress, flowers and the Eight Buddhist emblems on the rim (the wheel of Chakra, the conch shell, the umbrella, the canopy, the lotus, the vase, the paired fish and the endless knot). On the inside of the bowl there is a dragon chasing a flaming pearl. The flaming pearl is a symbol of the heart of Buddha, pure intentions, genius in obscurity and feminine beauty and purity. It is often found in decoration in conjuction with dragons that appear to be contending for it.
Technique: hand-painting
Technique: Wucai
Technique: Doucai
Material: porcelain
Material: glaze
Material: famille verte
bowl made in China, Asia, (1917.617). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.23977 | Go to resource |
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