1940.223: Square Dish with Decoration of a Garden Rock and Blossoming Chrysanthemum, Hibiscus, and Peony Plants
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.223
- Title
- Square Dish with Decoration of a Garden Rock and Blossoming Chrysanthemum, Hibiscus, and Peony Plants
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Jiajing period, 1522-1566
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204696
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Porcelain with an all-over coating of overglaze yellow enamel, the designs reserved in yellow against a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi"
- Dimensions
- W. 19.1 x D. 19.1 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.223
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Suzanne G. Valenstein, Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, 1970), p. 78, no. 50
Verification Level
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