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Double gourd-shaped vessel with auspicious designs in overglaze enamel (fencai) over turquoise ground

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

Medium/Technique Porcelain, Jingdezhen ware
Dimensions 31 x 18.5 cm (12 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.11.5651
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Marks Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi in seal script
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.