Deep blue and white fish bowl of sages in bamboo grove, 1630-1650. Artist: Unknown.

Deep blue and white fish bowl of sages in bamboo grove, 1630-1650. Artist: Unknown.

2-653-923 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

A blue and white transitional deep fish bowl, decorated in underglaze blue of good colour. On one side there are four sages discussing a Chinese painting in a bamboo grove, while nearby two servants watch one cooking, the other bundling up some scrolls. There is another scene of a scholar writing on a rock with two scholars looking on with two servants. The landscape has characteristic banana trees, clouds and mountain peak protruding from clouds. There are numerous 'v' grasses on the ground.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Brian McElney: : Art collector

Medium
  1. Ceramic

Picture Type
  1. Object

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5477x3651
File Size : 58,584kb


Aliases

  1. BATEA : 621
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  1. 0440001718
  1. 2-653-923
  1. 2653923
  1. BATEA : 621


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