shallow bowl

Title

shallow bowl

Creator

unknown Chinese

metalworker; enameler; calligrapher

Chinese

People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Date

1961

Type

bowl (vessel)

work

Medium

porcelain enamel

metal

pressing; high firing

Extent

18 cm ( 7 3/16 inches) [circumference at the mouth] x 2.75 cm (1 3/16 inches) [height]

Identifier

SC-17-05

SC-17-05.jpg

Rights

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

Description

This yellow shallow bowl is decorated with a red inscription around the flat rim which reads: "Victory Opera Troupe" [in Chinese characters - Shengli geju tuan]. The outer edge of the rim is decorated with a brown bowstring.

pictorial seal: "Wuhan Enamel Factory, Ceramic Fish logo, specially made, March 17, 1961 [in Chinese characters - 1961. 3. 17 / Wuhan tangei chang ciyu shangbiao tezhi]

on bottom of bowl

This object was acquired by the donor at Baoguosi on February 26, 2009 for RMB 50

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/5119

Coverage

Cultural Revolution

modern Chinese styles and periods

Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China [Zhongguo]

Provenance

Gift of Alfreda Murck

Dublin Core