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Bowl with Design of Fish

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A mark on this piece claims that it was "made for the hall for the cultivation of virtue," the building at the Summer Palace in which the Daoguang [Tao-kuang] emperor died in 1850.

Exhibitions

Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 2000-2001.

Provenance Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Inscriptions [Mark] Four-character mark in red enamel: shen te t'ang chih; [Translation] made for the hall for the cultivation of virtue

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

1821-1850

Medium

porcelain with coral-red and turquoise enamels
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.611

Measurements

H: 2 5/16 × Diam: 4 1/4 in. (5.9 × 10.8 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View