Objekt 8
Small lidded bowl
Description
Traditional Chinese tableware ceramics have brown rims; the subsequent gilding on certain export goods - in addition to the motifs of the painting - is a further adaptation to European tastes in order to compensate for the sales difficulties.
Object description
China, 1765-75
Porcelain with onglaze painting
Inv. 1948.583. Bequest Dr. Emanuel Hindermann, Birsfelden.