Bowl with floral decoraion in falangcai polychrome enamels on yellow ground, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Bowl with floral decoraion in falangcai polychrome enamels on yellow ground, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1B008502N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  This bowl is called “Palace Bowl”. The inside of the bowl is plain white without decorative patterns, the body is fine, and the glaze is green, showing eggshell green, which is the characteristic of white porcelain in the Kangxi period. The outer wall of the bowl is made of yellow material. Four peonies are painted in full bloom, and four small peonies are added to form a picture of intertwined peonies. The part of the flower is matched by two colors, red flowers are outlined with red lines, and blue and purple flowers are also treated in the same way. This method of processing the part of the material color flower was roughly inherited until Qianlong. The color of the petal root is heavy, and the petal end gradually becomes light, and white material is used at the end of each petal to show the thickness of the petal. The branches and leaves are outlined in black, stretched and interlaced, and the leaves are curly, each with its own expression. Although it is a graphic way of painting, it is also vivid. There is a 0.2 cm concave string pattern under the rim of the outer wall of the bowl and on the foot wall for painting