Dish

Object Details

• Description

  Dish with flaring foliate rim. Blue-and-white.

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: plain, transparent; none on base.

  Decoration: in underglaze blue; floral scroll border and flower sprays in twelve moulded sections of the cavetto, three bunches of grapes on vine in center; outside are twelve flower sprays. These flowers are:the cavetto is decorated with six "fungus of immortality" (lingzhi) sprays alternating with chrysanthemum, camellia, gardenia, hibiscus, lotus, and peony. The exterior has similar flowers.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Asia in America: Views of Chinese Art from the Indianapolis Museum of Art (September 18, 2004 to March 20, 2005)

  Crosscurrents in Chinese and Islamic Ceramics (March 1, 1996 to July 1, 1997)

  Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1993 to April 17, 1995)

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1400s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Yongle reign (1403 - 1424), Chinese Art, Grape, Ceramics, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)