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Plate

Dateca. 1750

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 1 7/16"; ODiam.: 10 3/4".

Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford

Object number2020-65

DescriptionPlate: circular plate with broad flat rim and shallow sloping cavetto; painted in underglaze blue with four leafy flower clusters on the rim between a blue line at the edge and two blue concentric bands of blue at the inner rim before the cavetto; central decoration of rocks with flowering branches of chrysanthemums, a bird perched on the central rock, another bird flying at 11:00, and a butterfly or moth flying at 2:30, all within two concentric blue lines at the edge of the well. The underside of the rim painted in blue with two stylized leaf clusters opposite each other; the edge of the dish painted in iron brown.