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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.186
Title
Circular Dish with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel on the Interior and Alternating Blossoming and Fruiting Branches on the Exterior
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 16th-early 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205505

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamel designs and yellow enamel ground added at a later date; with spurious overglaze black enamel mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle also covered in yellow enamel
Dimensions
Diam. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.186
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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