Harvard Art Museums > 1940.189: Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches , 1940.189,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/205517. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.189 Title Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Zhengde period, 1506-1521 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen Period Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/205517 Physical Descriptions Medium Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, the background areas embellished with overglaze yellow enamel; underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi" within a double circle on the base Technique Overglaze enamel Dimensions H. 4.8 x Diam. 21.3 cm (1 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: "Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi" Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.189 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 28b (not illustrated) Related Works 1940.188 Circular Dish with Decoration of Flowering and Fruiting Branches Vessels Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
