Bowl with Goldfish Decoration
Original Language Title五彩瓷碗與勺
CultureChinese
DateDaoguang period (1820-1850)
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 5 inches (6.35 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ruth M. Locke
Object numberF63-10/7 A
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Exhibition HistoryEmperors, Scholars and Temples: Tastemakers of China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, August 12, 2016 – July 9, 2017.
A member of the carp family, goldfish were first bred in China more than a thousand years ago for the beauty of their orange and gold scales. The pronunciation of the Chinese word for fish is similar to the word for abundance. “Gold fish” thus denotes “golden abundance,” a very auspicious notion.
Ruth M. Locke;
Bequeathed by Ruth M. Locke to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1963.
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