Dish

Object Details

• Description

  Dish, low, with rounded sides and slightly everted rim.

  Clay: porcelain.

  Glaze: clear; a few pinholes and impurities.

  Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt, clear medium-blue wash and darker outlines, copying a traditional design of the Ming dynasty Ch'eng-hua period. Center inside, "three friends of winter"--pine, plum, and bamboo--with garden rock and fungus, enclosed by double-line band which is repeated at rim. Outside, following model, a scene with figures on a garden terrace with plants and trees.

• Inscriptions

  Mark: Six-character Tongzhi in underglaze blue on base.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Plum Blossoms, Chrysanthemums, and Bamboo (July 30 to December 4, 2011)

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon Norcross

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1860s, 1870s

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Tongzhi reign (1862 - 1874), Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)