Bo Jia and Middle Kingdom
Hermit Bowl
2011
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Physical Qualities
Porcelain with turquoise blue glaze, 2 x 6 1/4 in. (5.1 x 15.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Given in Memory of Paul Klapthor
Object Number
2013.320
Small bowl from the "Hermit" series, low glazed footrim and unglazed mouthrim wiped with a iron dressing that burned to brown in the firing. Two glaze losses on the footrim reveal the pure white porcelain body. There are wo flaws beneath the glaze, a darker spot and faint line, on the exterior side.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Frances Klapthor by purchase, 2013; The Baltimore Museum of Art Shop; Middle Kingdom, Washington, D.C.
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Inscribed: Mouth rim, outside edge: incised, "MK . BO JIA"
Markings: Bottom: adhesive label, "BOWL 6 IN HERMIT / 8526 $18.00/45 443 8526"
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 05/C
