Deep bowl with dragon motifs

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 3693
Type: vessel; pottery
Date of production:
1723-1735
Qing dynasty
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Marks: Da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi; six-character cobalt Yongzheng mark
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: underglaze blue
Dimensions: height: 12 cm
diameter (mouth): 36.4 cm
diameter (base): 20.4 cm
A large bowl with a low base rim and slightly curving walls; it was most probably produced for European export. On the base, in a double cartouche, there is a six-character Yongzheng mark: Da Qing Yongzheng nianzhi, ’Made during the Yongzheng reign of the Qing dynasty’ (1723-1735).