Cleveland Museum of Art

Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa

Date

1723–35

Medium

porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration

Culture

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-1735)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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."

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