Chinese Grisaille Porcelain Gilt Bowl Cover Water Bull Export Qianlong 18th C

Name: Chinese Grisaille Porcelain Gilt Bowl Cover Water Bull Export Qianlong 18th C
SKU: INV3354
Price: 277.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£277.00

Inventory Code: INV3354

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🌟 Product Details

🆔 Inventory Code INV3354
Ⓜ️ Material Porcelain
🏳️ Origin China
🏛️ Period Qianlong – 18th Century
🅂 Subject Water buffalo, trees, landscape scenes
🏷️ Marked Unmarked

📜 Description
Chinese export Porcelain covered bowl finely decorated in elegant Grisaille enamels with restrained
Gilt borders. The bowl exterior is painted with lively pastoral scenes featuring a water buffalo in a riverside
landscape, rendered in fluid monochrome brushwork. The domed cover is decorated with continuous landscape
imagery framed by a gilt scrolling border, typical of refined Qianlong period export wares.

Collector’s Notes:
Grisaille decoration was particularly fashionable during the Qianlong Dynasty, inspired by European
engravings yet executed with Chinese brush sensitivity. The water buffalo is a symbol of agrarian life, strength, and
perseverance. Covered bowls of this form were used for serving and presentation, and surviving examples from
the 18th century are valued for their narrative imagery and elegant simplicity.

🔍 Condition FAIR/RESTORED ⭐⭐☆☆☆ (2/5) – Bowl and cover with multiple hairlines cracks and rim chips restored and stapled;
firing imperfections and surface wear consistent with age and use. Please review the photos carefully for more details.

📐 Sizes Height Approx. 9 cm (with cover) Diameter Approx. 12 cm

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