1940.251: Foliate Dish with Decoration of Double-Dragons and the Eight Buddhist Treasures

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.251

Title

Foliate Dish with Decoration of Double-Dragons and the Eight Buddhist Treasures

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

Longqing period, 1567-1572

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/205922

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Enameled blue-and-white ware: molded porcelain with decoration reserved in white against an underglaze cobalt-blue ground and yellow and red enamels over reserved decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Longqing nian zao' within a double circle on the base

Dimensions

H. 2.8 x Diam. 12.8 cm (1 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Da Ming Longqing nian zao

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.251

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 24 (not illustrated)
• Suzanne G. Valenstein, Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, 1970), p. 82, no. 54

Exhibition History

• Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003

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