Width: 47cms
Height: 41cms
Depth: 47cms
Date: 19th Century
£POA
Product Code: KPCE117
This vivid 19th Century, Chinese Famille verte fish bowl is offered as part of our collection of Antique Chinese ceramics. The main body of the large (47cm across) bowl with four decorative panels on a piercing yellow ground.
The two larger panels depicting Noble men seating at altar tables as warriors perform in front of them. The two smaller panels showing Noble ladies and their attendants reading scrolls.
The base and the neck with intricately painted geo-metric patterns in greens, orange and cream.
The interior with vibrantly painted long-tailed gold fish.
The underside with a large and aged sticker in French (presumably naming the original owners).
Condition is very good. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for additional information.
Goldfish
The distinctive telescope eye goldfish (Demekin in Japanese) was first bred in the 1700’s in China where it is known as the dragoneye goldfish. They are not found in the wild and do suffer from health problems due to the way they have been bred, nevertheless when properly cared for in captivity these goldfish can live for 10-15 years and grow up to 8 inches long.
Fish Bowl
The fish bowl is a kind of high sided Chinese jardinière, which used to be used to house fancy goldfish, they are also sometimes decorated with fish and sealife to the interior. We would not condone keeping fish in a fish bowl as they do not provide adequate size or filtration for any species.
Famille Verte
Famille Verte is a style of Chinese porcelain decoration that uses a palette of greens.
Famille Juan
Famille juan is a style of decoration which has a large proportion of yellow usually in the ground, it is often combined with famille verte or rose foreground decoration.
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