Dish with Phagsa inscription

Object Details

• Description

  Dish with plain rim.

  Clay: fine white porcelain.

  Glaze: transparent, glossy.

  Decoration: dragons among lotus scrolls inside and out, painted in underglaze blue.

• Marks

  Mark of four Mongolian (Phags-pa) characters in blue on base: Zhizheng nian ji (made in the reign of Zhizheng, 1341-1367).

• Provenance

  To 1962

  J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York. [1]

  From 1962

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1520s

• Name

  J. T. Tai & Co.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Lotus, Zhengde reign (1506 - 1521), Dragon

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)