Bowl with peonies on a red ground in painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Bowl with peonies on a red ground in painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1B014134N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  It has narrow lips, curved shallow walls, and short legs. The carcass is slightly thick, and the outer wall is painted with purple and red color, and the colorful paintings are twining with branches and peonies. The bowl is pure white without lines, with white edges on the mouth and feet. “Made by Emperor Kangxi” four character red Song typeface with double boxes. Compared with the patterned peony patterns, this work attempts to show more concrete flower shapes and colorful enamel materials. Therefore, four flowers with similar shapes are coated with different colors, such as pink orange, pink blue, pink green and pink purple. The combination of these colors is enough to illustrate the Western imported pigments used in the Kangxi Dynasty according to the records of the Yongzheng Dynasty’s “Woji File”.