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Cloisonné bowl

Large bowl with curved walls, a wide, almost horizontal lip and a flat base. horizontal lip and a flat base. The bowl is made of sheet copper and was decorated with decorated with cloisonné enamel. Decoration: A large mythological bird in the interior mirror (chin. fenghuang). The wall and lip are decorated inside and out with stylised cloud and flower motifs. and flower motifs. Such bowls were often placed on the small table of a washing stand. placed on the small table of a washing stand. Such pieces were also exported to the West in the 19th and early 20th century. exported to the West.

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Object type
bowls (vessels)
Dimensions
53 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43110
Other number(s)
RJM 1949/08

Provenance and sources

when
between 1800-1920
where
Japan
Asia -> East Asia -> Japan

when
1934-1938
who
Dirksen, Herbert von - Recipients

when
1950-06-02
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