Dish

Object Details

• Description

  Dish, low open shape, curved cavetto, narrow wedge-shaped foot.

  Clay: white porcelain, smooth texture.

  Glaze: transparent, feldspathic, slight aqua tint, edge of foot-rim unglazed.

  Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with conventionalized lotus and leafy scroll design in large central medallion, reverse of cavetto, and narrow band at lip inside. Encircling double lines define each area.

• Marks

  Mark: Ta Ch'ing K'ang-hsi nien chih (made in the K'ang-hsi reign of the great Ch'ing [dynasty]) on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of three characters each. The calligraphy is in the style of the period.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mason M. Wang

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware, Lotus, Reign mark

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)