Bowl
Bowl
Artist
Jade Snow Wong
(1922 - 2006)
Daten.d.
MediumEnamel on copper
Dimensions2 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. diameter (5.4 × 25.7 × 25.7 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2024.8
Signedunderside, engraved: Jade Snow Wong -- San Francisco
Accession number
2024.8
On View
On viewLabel TextJade Snow Wong’s bowl displays her skill: she fired powdered glass on copper in a hot kiln to create its verdant green surface.
Wong grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the daughter of Chinese immigrants. In addition to her status as an accomplished artist, she was also a writer. In her twenties, Wong wrote a memoir, Fifth Chinese Daughter, detailing her experience balancing the expectations of her strict parents with her desire to embrace an American identity. Fifth Chinese Daughter became an Asian American literary classic.
El recipiente de Jade Snow Wong muestra su talento: coció vidrio en polvo sobre cobre en un horno caliente para crear su superficie verdosa.
Wong creció en el Barrio chino de San Francisco, hija de inmigrantes chinos. Además de ser una artista de gran talento, también era escritora. A los veinte años, Wong escribió una autobiografía, Fifth Chinese Daughter (La quinta hija china), en la que detallaba su experiencia al equilibrar las expectativas de sus estrictos padres con su deseo de adoptar una identidad estadounidense. Fifth Chinese Daughter se convirtió en un clásico de la literatura asiático estadounidense.
Markingsunderside, on sticker: 4759
