bowl

Title

bowl

Creator

unknown Chinese

ceramicist; glazer (applying glaze)

Chinese

People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Date

1966-1976

Type

bowl (vessel)

work

Medium

porcelain (material); glaze

ceramics (object genre); ceramic process; glazing (coating)

Extent

16.5 cm (6 1/2 inches)[circumference at mouth]; 5.5 cm (2 3/16 inches) [height]

Identifier

SC-17-14

SC-17-14.jpg

Rights

To request permission to publish or reproduce this work, please contact the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.

Description

A blue chain bowstring surrounds the top outer rim of the bowl. Under the bowstring there are two blue line drawings flanked by inscriptions: on one side of the bowl, a ship sails through stylized waves; on the other side there is a book in the middle of wheat. The inscriptions read: "Sailing the seas depends on the helmsman" [in Chinese characters - dahai hangxing kao duoshou]; and "The growth of everything relies on the sun" [in Chinese characters - wanwu shenzhang kao taiyang].

This article was acquired by the donor on September 29, 2007

Subject

cultural artifacts; propaganda

Source

Donor's notes

Publisher

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz, New York, United States)

Study Collection. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

Relation

http://hvvacc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sdma/id/5115

Coverage

Cultural Revolution

modern Chinese styles and periods