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Bowl with decoration of the eight treasures (babao)

Chinese
Qing dynasty, Daoguang period
1820–50
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Porcelain, Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions Height x diameter: 6.4 x 10.7 cm (2 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.); height of lid: 3 cm
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Foran
Accession Number46.830
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

ProvenanceBy 1923, Mrs. George J. Foran (d. 1946), Boston [see note 1]; 1946, from Mrs. Foran to an anonymous collector; 1946, gift of anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession date: September 12, 1946)

NOTES:
[1] Lent by Mrs. George J. Foran to the MFA on November 14, 1923. The object remained at the Museum on loan until the time is was acquired in 1946.