The predominant colour of this lidded bowls is pink. This inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille rose' (pink family) to describe Chinese porcelain of such a colour scheme. The 'famille rose' palette is best suited to flowers, birds and insects, as exemplified on this bowl. The lidded bowl was a clever idea to dispense with the teapot, since tea could be brewed in the bowl and then drunk straight from it. Lidded bowls - though not of fine porcelain as here - were widely used in tea-houses in China. Waiters would continually refill the bowls with boiling water, and customers could linger for an entire morning. Physical description Footed bowl with straight everted sides fitted with a shallow, narrowly footed lid; decoration of insects, leaves and seed pods Place of Origin China (made) Jingdezhen (made) Date 1821-1850 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels Dimensions Height: 5.7 cm, Diameter: 10.7 cm Descriptive line Cer, China, Qing, f.rose; Tea coffee Cer, China, Qing, f.rose Materials Porcelain Techniques Glazed; Enamelled Subjects depicted Insects; Butterflies Categories Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares; Ceramics; Porcelain Collection East Asia Collection
The predominant colour of this lidded bowls is pink. This inspired the French art historian Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) to coin the term 'famille rose' (pink family) to describe Chinese porcelain of such a colour scheme. The 'famille rose' palette is best suited to flowers, birds and insects, as exemplified on this bowl. The lidded bowl was a clever idea to dispense with the teapot, since tea could be brewed in the bowl and then drunk straight from it. Lidded bowls - though not of fine porcelain as here - were widely used in tea-houses in China. Waiters would continually refill the bowls with boiling water, and customers could linger for an entire morning. Physical description Footed bowl with straight everted sides fitted with a shallow, narrowly footed lid; decoration of insects, leaves and seed pods Place of Origin China (made) Jingdezhen (made) Date 1821-1850 (made) Artist/maker Unknown Materials and Techniques Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels Dimensions Height: 5.7 cm, Diameter: 10.7 cm Descriptive line Cer, China, Qing, f.rose; Tea coffee Cer, China, Qing, f.rose Materials Porcelain Techniques Glazed; Enamelled Subjects depicted Insects; Butterflies Categories Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares; Ceramics; Porcelain Collection East Asia Collection