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Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa
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About this work
Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration. As on painted scrolls and album leaves, the image is accompanied with a poem, in this case: "Branches come alive in the moonlight; Blossoms fill the autumn realms."
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa (粉彩花卉紋碗), 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-1735). Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); overall: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.201
