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Dublin Core

Title

Ceramic: Dish

Description

One round shaped, white and blue ceramic dish. Shallow dish with a shallow base. A light blue underglaze with darker blue painted details. On the outside of the dish is a series of eight designs bordered by two thin lines under the rim of the dish and a band of abstract pattern at the base. On the inside of the dish is an abstract botanical pattern bordered by a thin line under the rim, with a landscape image and two figures enclosed in a circle, bordered by two thin lines in the centre. Inscription on bottom: 大明萬曆年製 ‘made during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty’.

Provenance

Present from Beijing Palace Museum in 1959.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

142.43 mm (dia)

Museum Ac. No.

C1959.5

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Period

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

Collection

Citation

“Ceramic: Dish,” China, Art and Cultural Diplomacy, accessed December 1, 2024, http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1086.