Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Covered Bowl
This fine porcelain covered bowl exemplifies the reach of China’s long-standing ceramics trade with Southeast Asia. It was produced in China for Siam (known today as the Kingdom of Thailand). The bowl is decorated in a Chinese-inspired style known as lai nam thong. Its identifying characteristic is the ample use of gold, or gilding. On this bowl is a traditional Siamese design of half-length celestial beings in a worshipful, “adoring god” position, each flanked by mythical hybrid creatures whose top half is humanlike and bottom half a horse.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall w/ cover. H: 5 7/8 x Diam: 8 7/16 in. (15 x 21.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2002
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2798