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Dish

Dateca. 1765

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOL: 13 1/8"; OW:907/8"; H: 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1978-117,1

DescriptionOblong octagonal Chinese porcelain dish of silver shape with underglaze blue decoration. Central scene depicts a house with courtyard and an arched entrywayon a rocky shore across the river from a distant pagoda amid pine and prunus trees. The cavetto is encircled by a densely scrolled or cloud border. Four floral sprays of peonies and other flowers decorate the rim. A cell and diaper border surrounds the edge of the face of the dish.
ProvenancePurchased from David Newbon