Dish

Object Details

• Description

  The plate is fairly shallow with a wide rim and curved sidewall. It is painted with a blue material, probably a cobalt, and covered with a thick, transparent glaze that has a slightly bluish tint. This dish bears a standard design of a tree peony plant with three large blossoms filling the central roundel; the sidewall is decorated with a diaper-pattern interspersed with flowers, and small blossoms appear on the wide rim.

• Provenance

  To 2002

  Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, Beverly Farms, MA, to 2002

  From 2002

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz in 2002

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

  The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Jeffrey E. Horvitz

• Origin

  Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1720s, 1660s

• Name

  Horvitz, Jeffrey E.

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

• Topic

  Trees, Porcelain, Art, Peony, Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722), Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Plants, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)