Object Number: N7455

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: bowl

Description: Tin-glazed earthenware bowl. It has sloping sides rounding under to a foot ring. It is painted in blue on a pale bluish glaze. The exterior has three shaped panels enclosing chinoiserie scenes: 1) A Chinese man in a fenced garden pointing to a heron /crane (?), a flying insect; 2) A Chinese man under a bamboo tree in a fenced garden watching a man in a boat with rocks and building in the background; 3) A Chinese man under a bamboo tree in a fenced garden offering a plate of food to an animal and three filled-in circles below the rim. Inside the bowl there is a leaf with scrolls in the centre, three double circles and three scrolls around the sides.