A Chinese imari écuelle à bouillon. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the imari palette, the circular bowl applied with two flat foliate flange handles at the rim, the exterior enameled with flowers, the shallow domed cover similarly enameled around the floral finial.
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1720)
- 10.62 in. (27 cm)
- Reference :
The European form of this “écuelle à bouillon” is borrowed from the French silversmith models belonging to the reign of Louis XIV. The manufacturing of this type of “écuelle à bouillon”, having ears or two symmetrical horizontal handles attached to the top edge, was so widespread among master goldsmiths in Paris as well as in Provincial cities .
The porcelain factories in China, in response to Western orders, produced this type of non-Chinese dishes form during the reign of Kangxi ( 1662-1722 ).