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: K1B014135N000000000PAG
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The bowl has a long mouth, a thin lip edge, a shallow curved wall, and a short circle of feet. The outer wall is decorated with three blue twining peonies on the ground with red materials. The inside is glazed with white glaze. The plain surface has no lines. The bottom is a four character Song style red material book “Made by Emperor Kangxi”. The outside is double square, with thin lines inside and thick lines outside. In the decorative patterns, in addition to the double hook color filling technique, white material can also be seen at the contour lines of leaves and petals; At the same time, a white glaze edge line is left at the mouth and the bottom, showing the unique painting style of enamel at this time. According to the records of missionary Ma Guoxian’s slips, the Emperor Kangxi was fascinated by the imported western painting enamel, so he came up with the idea of firing porcelain body painting enamel. Under the supervision of the Emperor Kangxi, both western missionaries Ma Guoxian and Lang Shining tried to paint enamel in the Qing Palace at the request of the Emperor Kangxi. The design of this work is orderly, the pigment is properly handled, and the