bowl with eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism

bowl with eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism , early 1800s

Where object was made: China

Material/technique: porcelain; glaze

Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 5.6 x 10.2 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 2 3/16 x 4 in

Credit line: Gift in memory of James H. Walker Jr., by his family

Accession number: 2006.0116

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The Qing emperors, especially the long-lived Emperor Qianlong, readily employed Buddhist symbolic language as adornment on a whole range of objects associated with the court. This small bowl is decorated with the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism: the canopy, the conch shell, the sacred vase, the royal umbrella, the wheel of the law, the endless knot, the lotus flower, and a pair of fish.

Exhibition Label:
"Circuits of Exchange: The Global Taste for Blue-and-White Ceramics," Mar-2009, Kris Ercums
The Qing emperors, especially the long-lived Emperor Qianlong, readily employed Buddhist symbolic language as adornment on a whole range of objects associated the court. This small bowl is decorated with the so-called eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism: the canopy, the conch shell, the sacred vase, the royal umbrella, the wheel of the law, the endless knot, the lotus flower, and a pair of fish.