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This bowl was once in the collection of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795), a passionate collector and commissioner of art as well as a composer of poetry and calligraphy. A poem written by the emperor--one of many of his own compositions that he ordered master artisans to incise into palace-collection objects--appears in official script at the base of the bowl.
The poem alludes to the bowl's brilliant color: Scattering mist and variegated colors disperse and do not leave behind any forms/they are washed out of the growing heavens and the color of the sky clearing up is azure.
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Title: | "Sky-clearing-blue" Bowl with design of Two Four-clawed Dragons Chasing a Pearl |
Date: | 1644-1911 |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, Chinese |
Medium: | Glazed porcelain with incised underglaze decoration - monochrome |
Dimensions: | 2 1/2 x 8 1/16 inches (6.4 x 20.5 cm) |
Classification: | Containers |
Credit Line: | Gift of Major General and Mrs. William Crozier, 1944 |
Accession Number: | 1944-20-301 |
Geography: | Made in China, Asia |
Context: | Dynasty: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) |
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